#C56E40#C56E40

#C56E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.126 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56E40
RGB	rgb(197, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 30.55, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 50.44, 52.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0856 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.126 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5298, 23.3955, 7.8102)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56E40 #4097C5

analogous

#C54054 #C56E40 #C5B040

triadic

#C56E40 #40C56E #6E40C5

tetradic

#C56E40 #54C540 #4097C5 #B040C5

square

#C56E40 #54C540 #4097C5 #B040C5

split-complementary

#C56E40 #40C5B0 #4054C5

monochromatic

#6A3A20 #99532F #C56E40 #D3926F #E2B59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C56E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#C56E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56E40

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56E40	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.126 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9876',
    500: '#c56e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56e40;
$custom-light: #dc9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.752,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56E40

secondary

#93B9CE

accent

#AADD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56E40

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

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