#C85D38#C85D38

#C85D38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.146 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85D38
RGB	rgb(200, 93, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 40.14, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 57.29, 45.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% 0.1132 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.146 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4503, 20.3972, 6.1795)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85D38 #38A3C8

analogous

#C8385B #C85D38 #C8A538

triadic

#C85D38 #38C85D #5D38C8

tetradic

#C85D38 #5BC838 #38A3C8 #A538C8

square

#C85D38 #5BC838 #38A3C8 #A538C8

split-complementary

#C85D38 #38C8A5 #385BC8

monochromatic

#69301D #99472A #C85D38 #D58468 #E3AB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C85D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C85D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85D38

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85D38	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	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)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 93, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.146 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8d70',
    500: '#c85d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85d38;
$custom-light: #df8d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60377,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85D38

secondary

#8EBECE

accent

#B9E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85D38

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

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