#C85F37#C85F37

#C85F37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.145 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85F37
RGB	rgb(200, 95, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 39.09, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 57.24, 46.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.1098 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.145 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6040, 20.7432, 6.1112)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85F37 #37A0C8

analogous

#C83757 #C85F37 #C8A837

triadic

#C85F37 #37C85F #5F37C8

tetradic

#C85F37 #57C837 #37A0C8 #A837C8

square

#C85F37 #57C837 #37A0C8 #A837C8

split-complementary

#C85F37 #37C8A8 #3757C8

monochromatic

#68311D #98482A #C85F37 #D58567 #E2AC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C85F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#C85F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85F37

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85F37	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 95, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.145 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8f70',
    500: '#c85f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85f37;
$custom-light: #df8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60666,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85F37

secondary

#8DBCCE

accent

#B6E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85F37

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

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