#C96036#C96036

#C96036 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.145 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96036
RGB	rgb(201, 96, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 38.92, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 57.81, 47.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.109 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.145 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9389, 21.0532, 6.0291)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96036 #369FC9

analogous

#C93655 #C96036 #C9AA36

triadic

#C96036 #36C960 #6036C9

tetradic

#C96036 #55C936 #369FC9 #AA36C9

square

#C96036 #55C936 #369FC9 #AA36C9

split-complementary

#C96036 #36C9AA #3655C9

monochromatic

#69321C #994929 #C96036 #D68666 #E3AC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#C96036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#C96036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96036

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96036	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 96, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.145 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08f6f',
    500: '#c96036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96036;
$custom-light: #e08f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60952,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96036

secondary

#8CBCCE

accent

#B5E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96036

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

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