#C85C35#C85C35

#C85C35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.148 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85C35
RGB	rgb(200, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 40.50, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 58.48, 46.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1138 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.148 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2919, 20.1943, 5.7755)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85C35 #35A1C8

analogous

#C83558 #C85C35 #C8A535

triadic

#C85C35 #35C85C #5C35C8

tetradic

#C85C35 #58C835 #35A1C8 #A535C8

square

#C85C35 #58C835 #35A1C8 #A535C8

split-complementary

#C85C35 #35C8A5 #3558C8

monochromatic

#672F1B #984628 #C85C35 #D68264 #E3A995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C85C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C85C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85C35

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85C35	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.148 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08d6e',
    500: '#c85c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85c35;
$custom-light: #e08d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.918,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60194,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85C35

secondary

#8BBCCE

accent

#B8E146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85C35

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

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