#C56E31#C56E31

#C56E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.133 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56E31
RGB	rgb(197, 110, 49)
HSL	hsl(25, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(25, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 29.78, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 56.05, 57.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.0808 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.133 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1589, 23.2472, 5.8567)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56E31 #3188C5

analogous

#C5313E #C56E31 #C5B831

triadic

#C56E31 #31C56E #6E31C5

tetradic

#C56E31 #3EC531 #3188C5 #B831C5

square

#C56E31 #3EC531 #3188C5 #B831C5

split-complementary

#C56E31 #31C5B8 #313EC5

monochromatic

#633719 #945325 #C56E31 #D78F5D #E3B18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C56E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C56E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56E31

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56E31	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#877929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D85C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 110, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.133 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd986d',
    500: '#c56e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56e31;
$custom-light: #dd986d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.73,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62594,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56E31

secondary

#85AFCD

accent

#A2E344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56E31

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

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