#C85C36#C85C36

#C85C36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.148 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85C36
RGB	rgb(200, 92, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 40.55, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 58.15, 45.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.1141 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.148 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3152, 20.2036, 5.8979)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85C36 #36A2C8

analogous

#C83659 #C85C36 #C8A536

triadic

#C85C36 #36C85C #5C36C8

tetradic

#C85C36 #59C836 #36A2C8 #A536C8

square

#C85C36 #59C836 #36A2C8 #A536C8

split-complementary

#C85C36 #36C8A5 #3659C8

monochromatic

#68301C #984629 #C85C36 #D68366 #E3AA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C85C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C85C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85C36

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85C36	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)

#7A6D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 92, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.148 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08d6f',
    500: '#c85c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85c36;
$custom-light: #e08d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.616,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60205,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85C36

secondary

#8CBDCE

accent

#B9E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85C36

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

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