#C55E39#C55E39

#C55E39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.142 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E39
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 38.53, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 55.49, 46.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.1087 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.142 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7698, 20.1746, 6.3018)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E39 #39A0C5

analogous

#C5395A #C55E39 #C5A439

triadic

#C55E39 #39C55E #5E39C5

tetradic

#C55E39 #5AC539 #39A0C5 #A439C5

square

#C55E39 #5AC539 #39A0C5 #A439C5

split-complementary

#C55E39 #39C5A4 #395AC5

monochromatic

#66311E #96472B #C55E39 #D38468 #E1AB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C55E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C55E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E39

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E39	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)

#7A6E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.142 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e71',
    500: '#c55e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e39;
$custom-light: #dd8e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.601,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E39

secondary

#8DBCCD

accent

#B7DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E39

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

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