#C56040#C56040

#C56040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.137 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56040
RGB	rgb(197, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 37.89, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 52.76, 44.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.108 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.137 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1368, 20.6096, 7.3458)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56040 #40A5C5

analogous

#C54062 #C56040 #C5A240

triadic

#C56040 #40C560 #6040C5

tetradic

#C56040 #62C540 #40A5C5 #A240C5

square

#C56040 #62C540 #40A5C5 #A240C5

split-complementary

#C56040 #40C5A2 #4062C5

monochromatic

#6A3220 #99482F #C56040 #D3876F #E2AE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#C56040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#C56040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56040

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56040	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.137 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8f76',
    500: '#c56040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56040;
$custom-light: #dd8f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.436,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60496,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56040

secondary

#93C0CE

accent

#BADD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56040

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

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