#C56239#C56239

#C56239 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.138 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56239
RGB	rgb(197, 98, 57)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 36.48, 40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 54.76, 48.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.1025 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.138 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1348, 20.9045, 6.4235)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56239 #399CC5

analogous

#C53956 #C56239 #C5A839

triadic

#C56239 #39C562 #6239C5

tetradic

#C56239 #56C539 #399CC5 #A839C5

square

#C56239 #56C539 #399CC5 #A839C5

split-complementary

#C56239 #39C5A8 #3956C5

monochromatic

#66331E #964A2B #C56239 #D38768 #E1AD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#C56239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#C56239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56239

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56239	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#7D7135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 98, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.138 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9071',
    500: '#c56239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56239;
$custom-light: #dd9071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.571,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60718,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56239

secondary

#8DBACD

accent

#B3DE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56239

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

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