#C56342#C56342

#C56342 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.134 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56342
RGB	rgb(197, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 36.47, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 51.50, 44.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.104 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.134 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4737, 21.1907, 7.7440)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56342 #42A4C5

analogous

#C54263 #C56342 #C5A542

triadic

#C56342 #42C563 #6342C5

tetradic

#C56342 #63C542 #42A4C5 #A542C5

square

#C56342 #63C542 #42A4C5 #A542C5

split-complementary

#C56342 #42C5A5 #4263C5

monochromatic

#6C3421 #9A4A2F #C56342 #D38A71 #E2B0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#C56342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#C56342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56342

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56342	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7505B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.134 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9177',
    500: '#c56342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56342;
$custom-light: #dc9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.115,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60991,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56342

secondary

#95C0CE

accent

#B8DC4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56342

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

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