#C96236#C96236

#C96236 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.144 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96236
RGB	rgb(201, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 37.91, 43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 57.46, 48.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.1059 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.144 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1237, 21.4228, 6.0907)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96236 #369DC9

analogous

#C93654 #C96236 #C9AB36

triadic

#C96236 #36C962 #6236C9

tetradic

#C96236 #54C936 #369DC9 #AB36C9

square

#C96236 #54C936 #369DC9 #AB36C9

split-complementary

#C96236 #36C9AB #3654C9

monochromatic

#69331C #994A29 #C96236 #D68866 #E3AD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#C96236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#C96236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96236

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96236	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#7E7131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.144 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0916f',
    500: '#c96236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96236;
$custom-light: #e0916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.959,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61258,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96236

secondary

#8CBBCE

accent

#B3E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96236

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

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