#C55E34#C55E34

#C55E34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.143 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E34
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 52)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 38.29, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 57.20, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.1071 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.143 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6512, 20.1271, 5.6770)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E34 #349BC5

analogous

#C53453 #C55E34 #C5A734

triadic

#C55E34 #34C55E #5E34C5

tetradic

#C55E34 #53C534 #349BC5 #A734C5

square

#C55E34 #53C534 #349BC5 #A734C5

split-complementary

#C55E34 #34C5A7 #3453C5

monochromatic

#64301A #954727 #C55E34 #D58361 #E2A991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C55E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C55E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E34

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E34	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)

#7A6E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.143 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e6d',
    500: '#c55e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e34;
$custom-light: #dd8e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.379,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60042,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E34

secondary

#88B9CD

accent

#B5E146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E34

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

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