#C56E4E#C56E4E

#C56E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.120 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56E4E
RGB	rgb(197, 110, 78)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(16, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 31.47, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 45.45, 46.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0907 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.12 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9793, 23.5754, 10.1779)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56E4E #4EA5C5

analogous

#C54E6A #C56E4E #C5A94E

triadic

#C56E4E #4EC56E #6E4EC5

tetradic

#C56E4E #6AC54E #4EA5C5 #A94EC5

square

#C56E4E #6AC54E #4EA5C5 #A94EC5

split-complementary

#C56E4E #4EC5A9 #4E6AC5

monochromatic

#733A26 #A15235 #C56E4E #D4947C #E3BAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C56E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C56E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56E4E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56E4E	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 110, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.120 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9980',
    500: '#c56e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56e4e;
$custom-light: #db9980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.134,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62958,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56E4E

secondary

#9EC3D1

accent

#B4DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56E4E

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

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