#C55F38#C55F38

#C55F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.141 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55F38
RGB	rgb(197, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 37.97, 40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 55.64, 46.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.1068 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.141 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8346, 20.3437, 6.2016)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55F38 #389EC5

analogous

#C53857 #C55F38 #C5A638

triadic

#C55F38 #38C55F #5F38C5

tetradic

#C55F38 #57C538 #389EC5 #A638C5

square

#C55F38 #57C538 #389EC5 #A638C5

split-complementary

#C55F38 #38C5A6 #3857C5

monochromatic

#66311D #95482A #C55F38 #D48567 #E1AB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C55F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C55F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55F38

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55F38	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.141 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e70',
    500: '#c55f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55f38;
$custom-light: #dd8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.596,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60241,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55F38

secondary

#8CBBCD

accent

#B5DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55F38

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

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