#C56D42#C56D42

#C56D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.126 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56D42
RGB	rgb(197, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 31.21, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 49.84, 51.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0879 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.126 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4804, 23.2041, 8.0795)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56D42 #429AC5

analogous

#C54259 #C56D42 #C5AF42

triadic

#C56D42 #42C56D #6D42C5

tetradic

#C56D42 #59C542 #429AC5 #AF42C5

square

#C56D42 #59C542 #429AC5 #AF42C5

split-complementary

#C56D42 #42C5AF #4259C5

monochromatic

#6C3921 #9A532F #C56D42 #D39171 #E2B5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C56D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C56D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56D42

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56D42	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#85793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.126 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9878',
    500: '#c56d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56d42;
$custom-light: #dc9878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.695,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62616,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56D42

secondary

#95BBCE

accent

#ADDC4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56D42

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

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