#C96040#C96040

#C96040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.142 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96040
RGB	rgb(201, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 39.44, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 54.47, 43.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.1124 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.142 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1984, 21.1570, 7.3956)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96040 #40A9C9

analogous

#C94064 #C96040 #C9A540

triadic

#C96040 #40C960 #6040C9

tetradic

#C96040 #64C940 #40A9C9 #A540C9

square

#C96040 #64C940 #40A9C9 #A540C9

split-complementary

#C96040 #40C9A5 #4064C9

monochromatic

#6F321F #9F482D #C96040 #D68870 #E4AF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#C96040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#C96040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96040

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96040	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.142 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08f76',
    500: '#c96040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96040;
$custom-light: #e08f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.015,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61074,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96040

secondary

#94C2D0

accent

#BCDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96040

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

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