#C55E2A#C55E2A

#C55E2A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.147 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E2A
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 42)
HSL	hsl(20, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 37.87, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 60.61, 51.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1042 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.147 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4493, 20.0464, 4.6139)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E2A #2A91C5

analogous

#C52A44 #C55E2A #C5AC2A

triadic

#C55E2A #2AC55E #5E2AC5

tetradic

#C55E2A #44C52A #2A91C5 #AC2AC5

square

#C55E2A #44C52A #2A91C5 #AC2AC5

split-complementary

#C55E2A #2AC5AC #2A44C5

monochromatic

#602E14 #93461F #C55E2A #DA8052 #E5A585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C55E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C55E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E2A

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E2A	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.147 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8e67',
    500: '#c55e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e2a;
$custom-light: #de8e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.129,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59944,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E2A

secondary

#7DB3CE

accent

#B0E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E2A

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

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