#C85E31#C85E31

#C85E31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.147 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85E31
RGB	rgb(200, 94, 49)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 39.32, 44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 59.46, 48.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1095 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.147 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3793, 20.5101, 5.3695)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85E31 #319BC8

analogous

#C8314F #C85E31 #C8AA31

triadic

#C85E31 #31C85E #5E31C8

tetradic

#C85E31 #4FC831 #319BC8 #AA31C8

square

#C85E31 #4FC831 #319BC8 #AA31C8

split-complementary

#C85E31 #31C8AA #314FC8

monochromatic

#663019 #974725 #C85E31 #D8835F #E4A990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C85E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C85E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85E31

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85E31	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 94, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.147 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08e6c',
    500: '#c85e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85e31;
$custom-light: #e08e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.881,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6045,
    "c": 0.14748,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85E31

secondary

#86B9CE

accent

#B4E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85E31

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

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