#C85B36#C85B36

#C85B36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.149 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85B36
RGB	rgb(200, 91, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 41.04, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 58.35, 45.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1156 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.149 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2291, 20.0315, 5.8693)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85B36 #36A3C8

analogous

#C8365A #C85B36 #C8A436

triadic

#C85B36 #36C85B #5B36C8

tetradic

#C85B36 #5AC836 #36A3C8 #A436C8

square

#C85B36 #5AC836 #36A3C8 #A436C8

split-complementary

#C85B36 #36C8A4 #365AC8

monochromatic

#682F1C #984529 #C85B36 #D68266 #E3A996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C85B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C85B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85B36

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85B36	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 91, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.149 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08c6f',
    500: '#c85b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85b36;
$custom-light: #e08c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.205,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60058,
    "c": 0.14851,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85B36

secondary

#8CBDCE

accent

#BAE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85B36

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

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