#C85A30#C85A30

#C85A30 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.151 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85A30
RGB	rgb(200, 90, 48)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 76%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 41.27, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 60.54, 47.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1153 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.151 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0119, 19.8087, 5.1441)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85A30 #309EC8

analogous

#C83052 #C85A30 #C8A630

triadic

#C85A30 #30C85A #5A30C8

tetradic

#C85A30 #52C830 #309EC8 #A630C8

square

#C85A30 #52C830 #309EC8 #A630C8

split-complementary

#C85A30 #30C8A6 #3052C8

monochromatic

#652E18 #974424 #C85A30 #D87F5D #E4A68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C85A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C85A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85A30

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85A30	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.151 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08b6b',
    500: '#c85a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85a30;
$custom-light: #e08b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.579,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59847,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85A30

secondary

#85BACE

accent

#B8E443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85A30

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

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