#C96038#C96038

#C96038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.145 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96038
RGB	rgb(201, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 39.02, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 57.13, 46.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1097 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.145 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9868, 21.0724, 6.2815)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96038 #38A1C9

analogous

#C93858 #C96038 #C9A938

triadic

#C96038 #38C960 #6038C9

tetradic

#C96038 #58C938 #38A1C9 #A938C9

square

#C96038 #58C938 #38A1C9 #A938C9

split-complementary

#C96038 #38C9A9 #3858C9

monochromatic

#6A321D #9A492A #C96038 #D68668 #E3AD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#C96038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#C96038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96038

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96038	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)

#7D7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.145 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08f70',
    500: '#c96038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96038;
$custom-light: #e08f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60974,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96038

secondary

#8EBDCF

accent

#B6E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96038

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

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