#C55E38#C55E38

#C55E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.142 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E38
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 38.48, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 55.83, 46.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1084 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.142 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7451, 20.1647, 6.1717)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E38 #389FC5

analogous

#C53859 #C55E38 #C5A438

triadic

#C55E38 #38C55E #5E38C5

tetradic

#C55E38 #59C538 #389FC5 #A438C5

square

#C55E38 #59C538 #389FC5 #A438C5

split-complementary

#C55E38 #38C5A4 #3859C5

monochromatic

#66311D #95472A #C55E38 #D48467 #E1AA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C55E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C55E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E38

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E38	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.142 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e70',
    500: '#c55e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e38;
$custom-light: #dd8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.17,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60088,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E38

secondary

#8CBBCD

accent

#B7DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E38

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

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