#C85D37#C85D37

#C85D37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.146 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85D37
RGB	rgb(200, 93, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 40.09, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 57.62, 45.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1129 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.146 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4261, 20.3875, 6.0520)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85D37 #37A2C8

analogous

#C8375A #C85D37 #C8A537

triadic

#C85D37 #37C85D #5D37C8

tetradic

#C85D37 #5AC837 #37A2C8 #A537C8

square

#C85D37 #5AC837 #37A2C8 #A537C8

split-complementary

#C85D37 #37C8A5 #375AC8

monochromatic

#68301D #98472A #C85D37 #D58467 #E2AB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C85D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C85D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85D37

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85D37	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 93, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.146 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08d6f',
    500: '#c85d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85d37;
$custom-light: #e08d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.724,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60365,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85D37

secondary

#8DBDCE

accent

#B8E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85D37

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

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