#C56538#C56538

#C56538 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.136 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56538
RGB	rgb(197, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(19, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 34.87, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 54.62, 50.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.0974 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.136 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3960, 21.4666, 6.3887)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56538 #3898C5

analogous

#C53852 #C56538 #C5AC38

triadic

#C56538 #38C565 #6538C5

tetradic

#C56538 #52C538 #3898C5 #AC38C5

square

#C56538 #52C538 #3898C5 #AC38C5

split-complementary

#C56538 #38C5AC #3852C5

monochromatic

#66341D #954D2A #C56538 #D48967 #E1AE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#C56538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#C56538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56538

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56538	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8515B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.136 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9270',
    500: '#c56538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56538;
$custom-light: #dd9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.149,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61182,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56538

secondary

#8CB8CD

accent

#AFDF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56538

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

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