#C96231#C96231

#C96231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.145 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96231
RGB	rgb(201, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(19, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(19, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 37.69, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 59.19, 50.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.1044 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.145 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0123, 21.3782, 5.5038)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96231 #3198C9

analogous

#C9314C #C96231 #C9AE31

triadic

#C96231 #31C962 #6231C9

tetradic

#C96231 #4CC931 #3198C9 #AE31C9

square

#C96231 #4CC931 #3198C9 #AE31C9

split-complementary

#C96231 #31C9AE #314CC9

monochromatic

#673219 #984A25 #C96231 #D8865F #E4AB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#C96231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#C96231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96231

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96231	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F712B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.145 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0916c',
    500: '#c96231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96231;
$custom-light: #e0916c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.342,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61206,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96231

secondary

#87B8CF

accent

#B0E444

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96231

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

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