#C85A35#C85A35

#C85A35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.150 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85A35
RGB	rgb(200, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 41.49, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 58.88, 45.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.1168 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.15 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1210, 19.8524, 5.7185)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85A35 #35A3C8

analogous

#C8355A #C85A35 #C8A435

triadic

#C85A35 #35C85A #5A35C8

tetradic

#C85A35 #5AC835 #35A3C8 #A435C8

square

#C85A35 #5AC835 #35A3C8 #A435C8

split-complementary

#C85A35 #35C8A4 #355AC8

monochromatic

#672E1B #984428 #C85A35 #D68164 #E3A895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C85A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#C85A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85A35

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85A35	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)

#786C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.150 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08b6e',
    500: '#c85a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85a35;
$custom-light: #e08b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.102,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.599,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85A35

secondary

#8BBDCE

accent

#BAE146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85A35

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

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