#C57738#C57738

#C57738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.125 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C57738
RGB	rgb(197, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 25.26, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 52.76, 61.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0683 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.125 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3391, 25.3526, 7.0364)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C57738 #3886C5

analogous

#C5383F #C57738 #C5BE38

triadic

#C57738 #38C577 #7738C5

tetradic

#C57738 #3FC538 #3886C5 #BE38C5

square

#C57738 #3FC538 #3886C5 #BE38C5

split-complementary

#C57738 #38C5BE #383FC5

monochromatic

#663D1D #955A2A #C57738 #D49767 #E1B896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#C57738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#C57738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C57738

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C57738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C57738	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D76669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c57738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.125 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9e72',
    500: '#c57738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c57738;
$custom-light: #dc9e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c57738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.809,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64226,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C57738

secondary

#8CB0CD

accent

#9CDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C57738

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

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