#C57238#C57238

#C57238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.127 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C57238
RGB	rgb(197, 114, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.1%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 27.96, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 53.07, 58.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0765 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.127 53)
XYZ	xyz(29.7596, 24.1936, 6.8432)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C57238 #388BC5

analogous

#C53845 #C57238 #C5B938

triadic

#C57238 #38C572 #7238C5

tetradic

#C57238 #45C538 #388BC5 #B938C5

square

#C57238 #45C538 #388BC5 #B938C5

split-complementary

#C57238 #38C5B9 #3845C5

monochromatic

#663B1D #95562A #C57238 #D49367 #E1B596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C57238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C57238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C57238

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C57238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C57238	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D76165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c57238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 114, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.127 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9b71',
    500: '#c57238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c57238;
$custom-light: #dc9b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c57238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.681,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.2419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C57238

secondary

#8CB2CD

accent

#A1DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C57238

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

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