#C56E49#C56E49

#C56E49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.122 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56E49
RGB	rgb(197, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 31.12, 35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 47.17, 48.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0888 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.122 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8068, 23.5064, 9.2695)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56E49 #49A0C5

analogous

#C54962 #C56E49 #C5AC49

triadic

#C56E49 #49C56E #6E49C5

tetradic

#C56E49 #62C549 #49A0C5 #AC49C5

square

#C56E49 #62C549 #49A0C5 #AC49C5

split-complementary

#C56E49 #49C5AC #4962C5

monochromatic

#703A24 #9E5332 #C56E49 #D49377 #E3B8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C56E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C56E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56E49

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56E49	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.122 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db987c',
    500: '#c56e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56e49;
$custom-light: #db987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.903,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62881,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56E49

secondary

#9AC0D0

accent

#B1DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56E49

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

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