#C55E32#C55E32

#C55E32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.144 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E32
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 50)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 38.19, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 57.88, 48.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1065 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.144 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6071, 20.1095, 5.4447)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E32 #3299C5

analogous

#C5324F #C55E32 #C5A732

triadic

#C55E32 #32C55E #5E32C5

tetradic

#C55E32 #4FC532 #3299C5 #A732C5

square

#C55E32 #4FC532 #3299C5 #A732C5

split-complementary

#C55E32 #32C5A7 #324FC5

monochromatic

#632F19 #944726 #C55E32 #D6825E #E3A88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C55E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C55E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E32

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E32	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)

#7A6E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.144 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e6c',
    500: '#c55e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e32;
$custom-light: #dd8e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.959,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6002,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E32

secondary

#86B8CD

accent

#B4E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E32

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

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