#C96139#C96139

#C96139 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.143 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96139
RGB	rgb(201, 97, 57)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 38.56, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 56.61, 47.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1084 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.143 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1034, 21.2659, 6.4422)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96139 #39A1C9

analogous

#C93959 #C96139 #C9A939

triadic

#C96139 #39C961 #6139C9

tetradic

#C96139 #59C939 #39A1C9 #A939C9

square

#C96139 #59C939 #39A1C9 #A939C9

split-complementary

#C96139 #39C9A9 #3959C9

monochromatic

#6B331D #9B492A #C96139 #D68769 #E3AE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#C96139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#C96139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96139

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96139	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)

#7D7135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 97, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.143 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09071',
    500: '#c96139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96139;
$custom-light: #e09071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61138,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96139

secondary

#8FBDCF

accent

#B6E047

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96139

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

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