#C85D36#C85D36

#C85D36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.147 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85D36
RGB	rgb(200, 93, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 40.05, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 57.96, 46.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1126 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.147 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4024, 20.3780, 5.9270)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85D36 #36A1C8

analogous

#C83658 #C85D36 #C8A636

triadic

#C85D36 #36C85D #5D36C8

tetradic

#C85D36 #58C836 #36A1C8 #A636C8

square

#C85D36 #58C836 #36A1C8 #A636C8

split-complementary

#C85D36 #36C8A6 #3658C8

monochromatic

#68301C #984729 #C85D36 #D68466 #E3AA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C85D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C85D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85D36

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85D36	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	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)

#7A6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 93, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.147 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08d6f',
    500: '#c85d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85d36;
$custom-light: #e08d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.027,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60354,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85D36

secondary

#8CBCCE

accent

#B8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85D36

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

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