#C55D38#C55D38

#C55D38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.143 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D38
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 38.98, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 56.02, 45.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1099 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.143 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6568, 19.9880, 6.1423)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D38 #38A0C5

analogous

#C53859 #C55D38 #C5A438

triadic

#C55D38 #38C55D #5D38C5

tetradic

#C55D38 #59C538 #38A0C5 #A438C5

square

#C55D38 #59C538 #38A0C5 #A438C5

split-complementary

#C55D38 #38C5A4 #3859C5

monochromatic

#66301D #95472A #C55D38 #D48367 #E1AA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C55D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C55D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D38

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D38	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)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.143 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d70',
    500: '#c55d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d38;
$custom-light: #dd8d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.745,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59936,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D38

secondary

#8CBCCD

accent

#B8DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D38

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

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