#C96142#C96142

#C96142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.140 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96142
RGB	rgb(201, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 39.05, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 53.62, 43.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1115 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.14 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3481, 21.3638, 7.7313)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96142 #42AAC9

analogous

#C94266 #C96142 #C9A542

triadic

#C96142 #42C961 #6142C9

tetradic

#C96142 #66C942 #42AAC9 #A542C9

square

#C96142 #66C942 #42AAC9 #A542C9

split-complementary

#C96142 #42C9A5 #4266C9

monochromatic

#703320 #A0482E #C96142 #D78972 #E4B1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#C96142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#C96142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96142

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96142	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#7D713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.140 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09077',
    500: '#c96142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96142;
$custom-light: #e09077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61253,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96142

secondary

#96C3D1

accent

#BCDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96142

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

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