#C85D31#C85D31

#C85D31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.148 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85D31
RGB	rgb(200, 93, 49)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 39.82, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 59.64, 48.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.111 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.148 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2909, 20.3334, 5.3401)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85D31 #319CC8

analogous

#C83151 #C85D31 #C8A931

triadic

#C85D31 #31C85D #5D31C8

tetradic

#C85D31 #51C831 #319CC8 #A931C8

square

#C85D31 #51C831 #319CC8 #A931C8

split-complementary

#C85D31 #31C8A9 #3151C8

monochromatic

#662F19 #974625 #C85D31 #D8825F #E4A890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C85D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C85D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85D31

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85D31	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 93, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.148 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08d6b',
    500: '#c85d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85d31;
$custom-light: #e08d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.483,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.603,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85D31

secondary

#86B9CE

accent

#B5E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85D31

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

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