#C8552D#C8552D

#C8552D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.157 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8552D
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 77.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 43.59, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 62.50, 45.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1218 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.157 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5444, 18.9695, 4.6932)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8552D #2DA0C8

analogous

#C82D52 #C8552D #C8A22D

triadic

#C8552D #2DC855 #552DC8

tetradic

#C8552D #52C82D #2DA0C8 #A22DC8

square

#C8552D #52C82D #2DA0C8 #A22DC8

split-complementary

#C8552D #2DC8A2 #2D52C8

monochromatic

#642B17 #964022 #C8552D #DA7A59 #E5A28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C8552D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C8552D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8552D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8552D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8552D	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8552d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.157 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08868',
    500: '#c8552d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8552d;
$custom-light: #e08868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8552d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.484,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59103,
    "c": 0.1565,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8552D

secondary

#82BBCF

accent

#BCE641

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8552D

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

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