#C96138#C96138

#C96138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.144 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96138
RGB	rgb(201, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 38.51, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 56.95, 47.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.1081 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.144 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0787, 21.2560, 6.3121)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96138 #38A0C9

analogous

#C93857 #C96138 #C9AA38

triadic

#C96138 #38C961 #6138C9

tetradic

#C96138 #57C938 #38A0C9 #AA38C9

square

#C96138 #57C938 #38A0C9 #AA38C9

split-complementary

#C96138 #38C9AA #3857C9

monochromatic

#6A331D #9A4A2A #C96138 #D68768 #E3AD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#C96138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#C96138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96138

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96138	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.144 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09070',
    500: '#c96138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96138;
$custom-light: #e09070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.966,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61127,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96138

secondary

#8EBCCF

accent

#B5E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96138

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

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