#C56E39#C56E39

#C56E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.129 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56E39
RGB	rgb(197, 110, 57)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 30.16, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 53.06, 55.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.0833 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.129 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3429, 23.3208, 6.8262)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56E39 #3990C5

analogous

#C5394A #C56E39 #C5B439

triadic

#C56E39 #39C56E #6E39C5

tetradic

#C56E39 #4AC539 #3990C5 #B439C5

square

#C56E39 #4AC539 #3990C5 #B439C5

split-complementary

#C56E39 #39C5B4 #394AC5

monochromatic

#66391E #96532B #C56E39 #D39168 #E1B397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C56E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#C56E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56E39

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56E39	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)

#877933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 110, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.129 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9872',
    500: '#c56e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56e39;
$custom-light: #dc9872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.714,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62676,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56E39

secondary

#8DB5CD

accent

#A6DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56E39

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

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