#C56238#C56238

#C56238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.138 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56238
RGB	rgb(197, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 36.43, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 55.11, 48.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1021 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.138 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1101, 20.8946, 6.2934)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56238 #389BC5

analogous

#C53855 #C56238 #C5A838

triadic

#C56238 #38C562 #6238C5

tetradic

#C56238 #55C538 #389BC5 #A838C5

square

#C56238 #55C538 #389BC5 #A838C5

split-complementary

#C56238 #38C5A8 #3855C5

monochromatic

#66331D #954A2A #C56238 #D48767 #E1AD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#C56238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#C56238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56238

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56238	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.138 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9070',
    500: '#c56238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56238;
$custom-light: #dd9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.872,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60706,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56238

secondary

#8CB9CD

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56238

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

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