#C56B40#C56B40

#C56B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.128 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56B40
RGB	rgb(197, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(19, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 32.15, 39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 50.84, 50.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.0905 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.128 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2115, 22.7591, 7.7041)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56B40 #409AC5

analogous

#C54057 #C56B40 #C5AD40

triadic

#C56B40 #40C56B #6B40C5

tetradic

#C56B40 #57C540 #409AC5 #AD40C5

square

#C56B40 #57C540 #409AC5 #AD40C5

split-complementary

#C56B40 #40C5AD #4057C5

monochromatic

#6A3820 #99512F #C56B40 #D38F6F #E2B49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C56B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C56B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56B40

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56B40	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.128 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9676',
    500: '#c56b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56b40;
$custom-light: #dc9676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.398,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62257,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56B40

secondary

#93BBCE

accent

#AEDD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56B40

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

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