#C85B35#C85B35

#C85B35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.149 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85B35
RGB	rgb(200, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, 41.00, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 58.68, 45.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1153 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.149 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2059, 20.0222, 5.7468)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85B35 #35A2C8

analogous

#C83559 #C85B35 #C8A535

triadic

#C85B35 #35C85B #5B35C8

tetradic

#C85B35 #59C835 #35A2C8 #A535C8

square

#C85B35 #59C835 #35A2C8 #A535C8

split-complementary

#C85B35 #35C8A5 #3559C8

monochromatic

#672F1B #984528 #C85B35 #D68264 #E3A995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C85B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C85B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85B35

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85B35	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)

#796D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.149 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08c6e',
    500: '#c85b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85b35;
$custom-light: #e08c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.51,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60046,
    "c": 0.14882,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85B35

secondary

#8BBDCE

accent

#B9E146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85B35

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

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