#C85A33#C85A33

#C85A33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.150 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85A33
RGB	rgb(200, 90, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 41.40, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 59.54, 45.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1162 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.15 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0759, 19.8343, 5.4813)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85A33 #33A1C8

analogous

#C83356 #C85A33 #C8A533

triadic

#C85A33 #33C85A #5A33C8

tetradic

#C85A33 #56C833 #33A1C8 #A533C8

square

#C85A33 #56C833 #33A1C8 #A533C8

split-complementary

#C85A33 #33C8A5 #3356C8

monochromatic

#662E1A #974427 #C85A33 #D78061 #E3A792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C85A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#C85A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85A33

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85A33	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.150 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08b6d',
    500: '#c85a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85a33;
$custom-light: #e08b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.705,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59878,
    "c": 0.15033,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85A33

secondary

#89BCCE

accent

#B9E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85A33

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

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