#C55E3A#C55E3A

#C55E3A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.141 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E3A
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 58)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 38.58, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 55.16, 45.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1091 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.141 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7950, 20.1846, 6.4345)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E3A #3AA1C5

analogous

#C53A5B #C55E3A #C5A43A

triadic

#C55E3A #3AC55E #5E3AC5

tetradic

#C55E3A #5BC53A #3AA1C5 #A43AC5

square

#C55E3A #5BC53A #3AA1C5 #A43AC5

split-complementary

#C55E3A #3AC5A4 #3A5BC5

monochromatic

#66311E #96472C #C55E3A #D38569 #E1AB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C55E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C55E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E3A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E3A	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.141 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e71',
    500: '#c55e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e3a;
$custom-light: #dd8e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.54,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60112,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E3A

secondary

#8EBCCD

accent

#B8DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E3A

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

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