#C56E42#C56E42

#C56E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.125 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56E42
RGB	rgb(197, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 30.67, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 49.70, 51.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0863 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.125 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5877, 23.4187, 8.1153)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56E42 #4299C5

analogous

#C54258 #C56E42 #C5B042

triadic

#C56E42 #42C56E #6E42C5

tetradic

#C56E42 #58C542 #4299C5 #B042C5

square

#C56E42 #58C542 #4299C5 #B042C5

split-complementary

#C56E42 #42C5B0 #4258C5

monochromatic

#6C3A21 #9A532F #C56E42 #D39271 #E2B6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C56E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#C56E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56E42

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56E42	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)

#86793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.125 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9878',
    500: '#c56e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56e42;
$custom-light: #dc9878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.153,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62784,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56E42

secondary

#95BBCE

accent

#ACDC4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56E42

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

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