#C85F35#C85F35

#C85F35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.145 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85F35
RGB	rgb(200, 95, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 38.99, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 57.92, 47.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.1092 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.145 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5570, 20.7244, 5.8639)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85F35 #359EC8

analogous

#C83554 #C85F35 #C8A935

triadic

#C85F35 #35C85F #5F35C8

tetradic

#C85F35 #54C835 #359EC8 #A935C8

square

#C85F35 #54C835 #359EC8 #A935C8

split-complementary

#C85F35 #35C8A9 #3554C8

monochromatic

#67311B #984828 #C85F35 #D68564 #E3AB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C85F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#C85F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85F35

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85F35	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 95, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.145 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08f6e',
    500: '#c85f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85f35;
$custom-light: #e08f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60643,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85F35

secondary

#8BBBCE

accent

#B5E146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85F35

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

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