#C85E39#C85E39

#C85E39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.145 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85E39
RGB	rgb(200, 94, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 39.69, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 56.76, 45.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.112 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.145 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5634, 20.5837, 6.3390)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85E39 #39A3C8

analogous

#C8395C #C85E39 #C8A539

triadic

#C85E39 #39C85E #5E39C8

tetradic

#C85E39 #5CC839 #39A3C8 #A539C8

square

#C85E39 #5CC839 #39A3C8 #A539C8

split-complementary

#C85E39 #39C8A5 #395CC8

monochromatic

#69311D #99472B #C85E39 #D58569 #E3AC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#C85E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#C85E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85E39

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85E39	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 94, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.145 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8e71',
    500: '#c85e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85e39;
$custom-light: #df8e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.524,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60538,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85E39

secondary

#8FBECE

accent

#B9E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85E39

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

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