#C85E36#C85E36

#C85E36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.146 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85E36
RGB	rgb(200, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 39.54, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 57.77, 46.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.111 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.146 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4907, 20.5547, 5.9565)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85E36 #36A0C8

analogous

#C83657 #C85E36 #C8A736

triadic

#C85E36 #36C85E #5E36C8

tetradic

#C85E36 #57C836 #36A0C8 #A736C8

square

#C85E36 #57C836 #36A0C8 #A736C8

split-complementary

#C85E36 #36C8A7 #3657C8

monochromatic

#68311C #984729 #C85E36 #D68466 #E3AB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C85E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C85E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85E36

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85E36	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.146 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08e6f',
    500: '#c85e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85e36;
$custom-light: #e08e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.438,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60503,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85E36

secondary

#8CBCCE

accent

#B7E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85E36

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

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