#C56A42#C56A42

#C56A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.128 H 43.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56A42
RGB	rgb(197, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 32.80, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 50.27, 49.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.0928 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.128 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1658, 22.5750, 7.9747)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56A42 #429DC5

analogous

#C5425C #C56A42 #C5AC42

triadic

#C56A42 #42C56A #6A42C5

tetradic

#C56A42 #5CC542 #429DC5 #AC42C5

square

#C56A42 #5CC542 #429DC5 #AC42C5

split-complementary

#C56A42 #42C5AC #425CC5

monochromatic

#6C3821 #9A502F #C56A42 #D38F71 #E2B4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C56A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C56A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56A42

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56A42	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.128 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9677',
    500: '#c56a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56a42;
$custom-light: #dc9677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.321,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62118,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56A42

secondary

#95BDCE

accent

#B0DC4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56A42

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

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