#C55F39#C55F39

#C55F39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.141 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55F39
RGB	rgb(197, 95, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 38.02, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 55.30, 46.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.1072 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.141 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8593, 20.3536, 6.3317)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55F39 #399FC5

analogous

#C53959 #C55F39 #C5A539

triadic

#C55F39 #39C55F #5F39C5

tetradic

#C55F39 #59C539 #399FC5 #A539C5

square

#C55F39 #59C539 #399FC5 #A539C5

split-complementary

#C55F39 #39C5A5 #3959C5

monochromatic

#66311E #96482B #C55F39 #D38568 #E1AB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C55F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C55F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55F39

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55F39	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)

#7B6F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 95, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.141 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e71',
    500: '#c55f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55f39;
$custom-light: #dd8e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60252,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55F39

secondary

#8DBBCD

accent

#B6DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55F39

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

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