#C9552A#C9552A

#C9552A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.158 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9552A
RGB	rgb(201, 85, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 43.85, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 63.88, 46.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.122 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.158 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7567, 19.0854, 4.4123)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9552A #2A9EC9

analogous

#C92A4F #C9552A #C9A42A

triadic

#C9552A #2AC955 #552AC9

tetradic

#C9552A #4FC92A #2A9EC9 #A42AC9

square

#C9552A #4FC92A #2A9EC9 #A42AC9

split-complementary

#C9552A #2AC9A4 #2A4FC9

monochromatic

#642A15 #96401F #C9552A #DB7955 #E6A187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C9552A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C9552A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9552A

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9552A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9552A	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9552a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 85, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.158 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18867',
    500: '#c9552a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9552a;
$custom-light: #e18867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9552a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.226,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59228,
    "c": 0.15836,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9552A

secondary

#7FBAD0

accent

#BBE83F

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9552A

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

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