#C56438#C56438

#C56438 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.137 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56438
RGB	rgb(197, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(19, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 35.39, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 54.78, 49.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.099 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.137 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2995, 21.2735, 6.3565)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56438 #3899C5

analogous

#C53853 #C56438 #C5AA38

triadic

#C56438 #38C564 #6438C5

tetradic

#C56438 #53C538 #3899C5 #AA38C5

square

#C56438 #53C538 #3899C5 #AA38C5

split-complementary

#C56438 #38C5AA #3853C5

monochromatic

#66341D #954C2A #C56438 #D48967 #E1AE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#C56438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#C56438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56438

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56438	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8505A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.137 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9270',
    500: '#c56438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56438;
$custom-light: #dd9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.723,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61022,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56438

secondary

#8CB9CD

accent

#B0DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56438

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

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