#C55D37#C55D37

#C55D37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.143 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D37
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 38.93, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 56.36, 46.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.1096 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.143 40)
XYZ	xyz(27.6325, 19.9783, 6.0148)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D37 #379FC5

analogous

#C53758 #C55D37 #C5A437

triadic

#C55D37 #37C55D #5D37C5

tetradic

#C55D37 #58C537 #379FC5 #A437C5

square

#C55D37 #58C537 #379FC5 #A437C5

split-complementary

#C55D37 #37C5A4 #3758C5

monochromatic

#65301C #95462A #C55D37 #D48365 #E1A995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C55D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C55D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D37

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D37	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.143 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d6f',
    500: '#c55d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d37;
$custom-light: #dd8d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.056,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59924,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.19975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D37

secondary

#8BBBCD

accent

#B7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D37

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

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