#C85F38#C85F38

#C85F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.144 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85F38
RGB	rgb(200, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 39.14, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 56.90, 46.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.1101 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.144 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6282, 20.7529, 6.2388)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85F38 #38A1C8

analogous

#C83859 #C85F38 #C8A738

triadic

#C85F38 #38C85F #5F38C8

tetradic

#C85F38 #59C838 #38A1C8 #A738C8

square

#C85F38 #59C838 #38A1C8 #A738C8

split-complementary

#C85F38 #38C8A7 #3859C8

monochromatic

#69311D #99482A #C85F38 #D58668 #E3AC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C85F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#C85F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85F38

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85F38	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)

#7C6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.144 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8f70',
    500: '#c85f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85f38;
$custom-light: #df8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60677,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85F38

secondary

#8EBDCE

accent

#B7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85F38

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

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