#C56D40#C56D40

#C56D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.127 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56D40
RGB	rgb(197, 109, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 31.09, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 50.57, 52.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.0872 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.127 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4225, 23.1810, 7.7744)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56D40 #4098C5

analogous

#C54055 #C56D40 #C5B040

triadic

#C56D40 #40C56D #6D40C5

tetradic

#C56D40 #55C540 #4098C5 #B040C5

square

#C56D40 #55C540 #4098C5 #B040C5

split-complementary

#C56D40 #40C5B0 #4055C5

monochromatic

#6A3920 #99532F #C56D40 #D3916F #E2B59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C56D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C56D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56D40

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56D40	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 109, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.127 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9876',
    500: '#c56d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56d40;
$custom-light: #dc9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.301,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6259,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56D40

secondary

#93BACE

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56D40

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

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