#C56A38#C56A38

#C56A38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.132 H 47.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56A38
RGB	rgb(197, 106, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(21, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 32.24, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 53.90, 53.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.0894 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.132 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8964, 22.4672, 6.5555)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56A38 #3893C5

analogous

#C5384C #C56A38 #C5B138

triadic

#C56A38 #38C56A #6A38C5

tetradic

#C56A38 #4CC538 #3893C5 #B138C5

square

#C56A38 #4CC538 #3893C5 #B138C5

split-complementary

#C56A38 #38C5B1 #384CC5

monochromatic

#66371D #95502A #C56A38 #D48D67 #E1B196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C56A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C56A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56A38

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56A38	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7575F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 106, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.132 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9671',
    500: '#c56a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56a38;
$custom-light: #dd9671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.277,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61995,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56A38

secondary

#8CB6CD

accent

#AADF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56A38

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

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