#C55D33#C55D33

#C55D33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.144 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D33
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 51)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, 38.75, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 57.72, 47.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1083 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.144 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5405, 19.9415, 5.5301)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D33 #339BC5

analogous

#C53352 #C55D33 #C5A633

triadic

#C55D33 #33C55D #5D33C5

tetradic

#C55D33 #52C533 #339BC5 #A633C5

square

#C55D33 #52C533 #339BC5 #A633C5

split-complementary

#C55D33 #33C5A6 #3352C5

monochromatic

#642F1A #944626 #C55D33 #D6815F #E2A890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#C55D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#C55D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D33

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D33	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.144 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d6d',
    500: '#c55d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d33;
$custom-light: #dd8d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.26,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59879,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D33

secondary

#87B9CD

accent

#B5E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D33

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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