#C56540#C56540

#C56540 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.133 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56540
RGB	rgb(197, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 35.31, 37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 51.81, 47.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1001 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.133 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6076, 21.5512, 7.5028)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56540 #40A0C5

analogous

#C5405D #C56540 #C5A740

triadic

#C56540 #40C565 #6540C5

tetradic

#C56540 #5DC540 #40A0C5 #A740C5

square

#C56540 #5DC540 #40A0C5 #A740C5

split-complementary

#C56540 #40C5A7 #405DC5

monochromatic

#6A3520 #994C2F #C56540 #D38B6F #E2B19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C56540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#C56540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56540

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56540	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7525C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.133 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9276',
    500: '#c56540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56540;
$custom-light: #dc9276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.692,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6128,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56540

secondary

#93BDCE

accent

#B4DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56540

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

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