#C56D48#C56D48

#C56D48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.123 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56D48
RGB	rgb(197, 109, 72)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 31.59, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 47.68, 48.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.0901 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.123 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6667, 23.2787, 9.0605)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56D48 #48A0C5

analogous

#C54861 #C56D48 #C5AB48

triadic

#C56D48 #48C56D #6D48C5

tetradic

#C56D48 #61C548 #48A0C5 #AB48C5

square

#C56D48 #61C548 #48A0C5 #AB48C5

split-complementary

#C56D48 #48C5AB #4861C5

monochromatic

#6F3A23 #9E5232 #C56D48 #D49276 #E2B7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C56D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C56D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56D48

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56D48	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 109, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.123 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc987c',
    500: '#c56d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56d48;
$custom-light: #dc987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.76,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62699,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56D48

secondary

#99BFCF

accent

#B1DB4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56D48

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

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