#C56D38#C56D38

#C56D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.130 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56D38
RGB	rgb(197, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 30.65, 43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 53.54, 55.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.0846 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.13 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2109, 23.0964, 6.6603)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56D38 #3890C5

analogous

#C5384A #C56D38 #C5B338

triadic

#C56D38 #38C56D #6D38C5

tetradic

#C56D38 #4AC538 #3890C5 #B338C5

square

#C56D38 #4AC538 #3890C5 #B338C5

split-complementary

#C56D38 #38C5B3 #384AC5

monochromatic

#66381D #95532A #C56D38 #D49067 #E1B296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C56D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C56D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56D38

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56D38	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.130 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9871',
    500: '#c56d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56d38;
$custom-light: #dc9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.553,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62496,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56D38

secondary

#8CB4CD

accent

#A7DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56D38

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

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