#C55E33#C55E33

#C55E33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.144 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E33
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 51)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 38.24, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 57.54, 48.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.1068 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.144 42)
XYZ	xyz(27.6289, 20.1182, 5.5596)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E33 #339AC5

analogous

#C53351 #C55E33 #C5A733

triadic

#C55E33 #33C55E #5E33C5

tetradic

#C55E33 #51C533 #339AC5 #A733C5

square

#C55E33 #51C533 #339AC5 #A733C5

split-complementary

#C55E33 #33C5A7 #3351C5

monochromatic

#64301A #944726 #C55E33 #D6825F #E2A890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C55E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C55E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E33

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E33	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)

#7A6E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.144 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e6d',
    500: '#c55e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e33;
$custom-light: #dd8e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.671,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60031,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.20115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E33

secondary

#87B8CD

accent

#B4E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E33

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

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