#C55D39#C55D39

#C55D39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.142 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D39
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 39.03, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 55.69, 45.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.1103 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.142 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6815, 19.9979, 6.2724)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D39 #39A1C5

analogous

#C5395B #C55D39 #C5A339

triadic

#C55D39 #39C55D #5D39C5

tetradic

#C55D39 #5BC539 #39A1C5 #A339C5

square

#C55D39 #5BC539 #39A1C5 #A339C5

split-complementary

#C55D39 #39C5A3 #395BC5

monochromatic

#66301E #96472B #C55D39 #D38468 #E1AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C55D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C55D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D39

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D39	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)

#796D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.142 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d71',
    500: '#c55d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d39;
$custom-light: #dd8d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59948,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D39

secondary

#8DBCCD

accent

#B8DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D39

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

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