#C85B33#C85B33

#C85B33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.149 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85B33
RGB	rgb(200, 91, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 40.91, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 59.34, 46.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1147 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.149 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1608, 20.0042, 5.5096)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85B33 #33A0C8

analogous

#C83356 #C85B33 #C8A633

triadic

#C85B33 #33C85B #5B33C8

tetradic

#C85B33 #56C833 #33A0C8 #A633C8

square

#C85B33 #56C833 #33A0C8 #A633C8

split-complementary

#C85B33 #33C8A6 #3356C8

monochromatic

#662F1A #974527 #C85B33 #D78161 #E3A892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C85B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C85B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85B33

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85B33	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 91, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.149 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08c6d',
    500: '#c85b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85b33;
$custom-light: #e08c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.107,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60024,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85B33

secondary

#89BBCE

accent

#B8E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85B33

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

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