#C56138#C56138

#C56138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.139 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56138
RGB	rgb(197, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 36.95, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 55.28, 48.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.1037 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.139 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0171, 20.7086, 6.2624)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56138 #389CC5

analogous

#C53855 #C56138 #C5A838

triadic

#C56138 #38C561 #6138C5

tetradic

#C56138 #55C538 #389CC5 #A838C5

square

#C56138 #55C538 #389CC5 #A838C5

split-complementary

#C56138 #38C5A8 #3855C5

monochromatic

#66321D #954A2A #C56138 #D48667 #E1AC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C56138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#C56138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56138

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56138	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.139 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9070',
    500: '#c56138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56138;
$custom-light: #dd9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6055,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56138

secondary

#8CBACD

accent

#B3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56138

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

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