#C96039#C96039

#C96039 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.144 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96039
RGB	rgb(201, 96, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 39.07, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 56.80, 46.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.11 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.144 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0115, 21.0823, 6.4116)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96039 #39A2C9

analogous

#C9395A #C96039 #C9A839

triadic

#C96039 #39C960 #6039C9

tetradic

#C96039 #5AC939 #39A2C9 #A839C9

square

#C96039 #5AC939 #39A2C9 #A839C9

split-complementary

#C96039 #39C9A8 #395AC9

monochromatic

#6B321D #9B492A #C96039 #D68769 #E3AD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#C96039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#C96039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96039

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96039	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 96, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.144 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08f71',
    500: '#c96039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96039;
$custom-light: #e08f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60986,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96039

secondary

#8FBECF

accent

#B7E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96039

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

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