#C56D49#C56D49

#C56D49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.123 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56D49
RGB	rgb(197, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 31.66, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 47.33, 48.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.0905 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.123 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6996, 23.2918, 9.2337)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56D49 #49A1C5

analogous

#C54963 #C56D49 #C5AB49

triadic

#C56D49 #49C56D #6D49C5

tetradic

#C56D49 #63C549 #49A1C5 #AB49C5

square

#C56D49 #63C549 #49A1C5 #AB49C5

split-complementary

#C56D49 #49C5AB #4963C5

monochromatic

#703A24 #9E5232 #C56D49 #D49277 #E3B7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C56D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#C56D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56D49

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56D49	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.123 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc987c',
    500: '#c56d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56d49;
$custom-light: #dc987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.419,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62714,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56D49

secondary

#9AC0D0

accent

#B2DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56D49

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

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