#C56140#C56140

#C56140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.136 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56140
RGB	rgb(197, 97, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 37.38, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 52.56, 44.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.1064 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.136 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2286, 20.7932, 7.3764)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56140 #40A4C5

analogous

#C54061 #C56140 #C5A340

triadic

#C56140 #40C561 #6140C5

tetradic

#C56140 #61C540 #40A4C5 #A340C5

square

#C56140 #61C540 #40A4C5 #A340C5

split-complementary

#C56140 #40C5A3 #4061C5

monochromatic

#6A3320 #99492F #C56140 #D3886F #E2AF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#C56140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#C56140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56140

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56140	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.136 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9076',
    500: '#c56140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56140;
$custom-light: #dd9076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.887,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60651,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56140

secondary

#93BFCE

accent

#B9DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56140

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

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