#C55E31#C55E31

#C55E31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.144 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E31
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 49)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 38.15, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 58.22, 49.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.1062 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.144 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5857, 20.1009, 5.3323)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E31 #3198C5

analogous

#C5314E #C55E31 #C5A831

triadic

#C55E31 #31C55E #5E31C5

tetradic

#C55E31 #4EC531 #3198C5 #A831C5

square

#C55E31 #4EC531 #3198C5 #A831C5

split-complementary

#C55E31 #31C5A8 #314EC5

monochromatic

#632F19 #944725 #C55E31 #D7825D #E3A88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C55E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C55E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E31

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E31	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.144 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8e6b',
    500: '#c55e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e31;
$custom-light: #de8e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.243,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6001,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E31

secondary

#85B7CD

accent

#B3E344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E31

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

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