#C85E38#C85E38

#C85E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.145 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85E38
RGB	rgb(200, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 39.64, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 57.09, 46.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.1117 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.145 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5387, 20.5739, 6.2089)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85E38 #38A2C8

analogous

#C8385A #C85E38 #C8A638

triadic

#C85E38 #38C85E #5E38C8

tetradic

#C85E38 #5AC838 #38A2C8 #A638C8

square

#C85E38 #5AC838 #38A2C8 #A638C8

split-complementary

#C85E38 #38C8A6 #385AC8

monochromatic

#69311D #99472A #C85E38 #D58568 #E3AC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C85E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C85E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85E38

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85E38	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)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.145 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8e70',
    500: '#c85e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85e38;
$custom-light: #df8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60526,
    "c": 0.1452,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85E38

secondary

#8EBDCE

accent

#B8E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85E38

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

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