#C96140#C96140

#C96140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.141 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96140
RGB	rgb(201, 97, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 38.93, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 54.27, 44.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.1108 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.141 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2902, 21.3406, 7.4262)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96140 #40A8C9

analogous

#C94063 #C96140 #C9A640

triadic

#C96140 #40C961 #6140C9

tetradic

#C96140 #63C940 #40A8C9 #A640C9

square

#C96140 #63C940 #40A8C9 #A640C9

split-complementary

#C96140 #40C9A6 #4063C9

monochromatic

#6F331F #9F482D #C96140 #D68870 #E4B09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#C96140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#C96140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96140

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96140	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.141 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09076',
    500: '#c96140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96140;
$custom-light: #e09076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.453,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61226,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96140

secondary

#94C2D0

accent

#BBDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96140

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

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