#C56542#C56542

#C56542 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.132 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56542
RGB	rgb(197, 101, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 35.43, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 51.13, 46.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1008 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.132 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6655, 21.5743, 7.8079)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56542 #42A2C5

analogous

#C54261 #C56542 #C5A742

triadic

#C56542 #42C565 #6542C5

tetradic

#C56542 #61C542 #42A2C5 #A742C5

square

#C56542 #61C542 #42A2C5 #A742C5

split-complementary

#C56542 #42C5A7 #4261C5

monochromatic

#6C3521 #9A4C2F #C56542 #D38B71 #E2B1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#C56542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#C56542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56542

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56542	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#7F733E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7525D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 101, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.132 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9277',
    500: '#c56542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56542;
$custom-light: #dc9277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.031,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61308,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56542

secondary

#95BFCE

accent

#B6DC4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56542

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

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