#C56038#C56038

#C56038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.140 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56038
RGB	rgb(197, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 37.46, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 55.46, 47.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1053 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.14 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9253, 20.5250, 6.2318)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56038 #389DC5

analogous

#C53857 #C56038 #C5A638

triadic

#C56038 #38C560 #6038C5

tetradic

#C56038 #57C538 #389DC5 #A638C5

square

#C56038 #57C538 #389DC5 #A638C5

split-complementary

#C56038 #38C5A6 #3857C5

monochromatic

#66321D #95492A #C56038 #D48567 #E1AB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C56038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C56038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56038

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56038	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.140 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8f70',
    500: '#c56038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56038;
$custom-light: #dd8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.021,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60395,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56038

secondary

#8CBACD

accent

#B4DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56038

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

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