#C56C40#C56C40

#C56C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.127 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56C40
RGB	rgb(197, 108, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 31.62, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 50.70, 51.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.0888 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.127 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3164, 22.9688, 7.7390)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56C40 #4099C5

analogous

#C54056 #C56C40 #C5AF40

triadic

#C56C40 #40C56C #6C40C5

tetradic

#C56C40 #56C540 #4099C5 #AF40C5

square

#C56C40 #56C540 #4099C5 #AF40C5

split-complementary

#C56C40 #40C5AF #4056C5

monochromatic

#6A3920 #99522F #C56C40 #D3906F #E2B49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C56C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C56C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56C40

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56C40	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 108, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.127 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9776',
    500: '#c56c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56c40;
$custom-light: #dc9776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.85,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56C40

secondary

#93BACE

accent

#ADDD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56C40

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

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