#C85A31#C85A31

#C85A31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.151 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85A31
RGB	rgb(200, 90, 49)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 41.31, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 60.20, 46.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1156 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.151 40)
XYZ	xyz(28.0328, 19.8171, 5.2540)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85A31 #319FC8

analogous

#C83154 #C85A31 #C8A631

triadic

#C85A31 #31C85A #5A31C8

tetradic

#C85A31 #54C831 #319FC8 #A631C8

square

#C85A31 #54C831 #319FC8 #A631C8

split-complementary

#C85A31 #31C8A6 #3154C8

monochromatic

#662E19 #974425 #C85A31 #D87F5F #E4A690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C85A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C85A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85A31

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85A31	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)

#786C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.151 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08b6b',
    500: '#c85a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85a31;
$custom-light: #e08b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.291,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59857,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.19813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85A31

secondary

#86BBCE

accent

#B8E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85A31

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

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