#C57E38#C57E38

#C57E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.122 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C57E38
RGB	rgb(197, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(30, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 21.44, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 52.62, 65.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.057 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.122 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2030, 27.0805, 7.3244)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C57E38 #387FC5

analogous

#C53839 #C57E38 #C5C438

triadic

#C57E38 #38C57E #7E38C5

tetradic

#C57E38 #39C538 #387FC5 #C438C5

square

#C57E38 #39C538 #387FC5 #C438C5

split-complementary

#C57E38 #38C5C4 #3839C5

monochromatic

#66411D #95602A #C57E38 #D49D67 #E1BB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C57E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#C57E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C57E38

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C57E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C57E38	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D76E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c57e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.122 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca372',
    500: '#c57e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c57e38;
$custom-light: #dca372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c57e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.787,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65488,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C57E38

secondary

#8CADCD

accent

#94DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C57E38

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

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