#C56C38#C56C38

#C56C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.131 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56C38
RGB	rgb(197, 108, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 31.18, 43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 53.66, 54.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.0862 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.131 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1049, 22.8842, 6.6250)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56C38 #3891C5

analogous

#C5384A #C56C38 #C5B338

triadic

#C56C38 #38C56C #6C38C5

tetradic

#C56C38 #4AC538 #3891C5 #B338C5

square

#C56C38 #4AC538 #3891C5 #B338C5

split-complementary

#C56C38 #38C5B3 #384AC5

monochromatic

#66381D #95522A #C56C38 #D48F67 #E1B296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C56C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C56C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56C38

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56C38	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 108, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.131 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9771',
    500: '#c56c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56c38;
$custom-light: #dc9771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.128,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62328,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56C38

secondary

#8CB5CD

accent

#A8DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56C38

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

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