#C96237#C96237

#C96237 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.143 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96237
RGB	rgb(201, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 37.95, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 57.12, 48.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.1062 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.143 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1474, 21.4323, 6.2156)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96237 #379EC9

analogous

#C93755 #C96237 #C9AB37

triadic

#C96237 #37C962 #6237C9

tetradic

#C96237 #55C937 #379EC9 #AB37C9

square

#C96237 #55C937 #379EC9 #AB37C9

split-complementary

#C96237 #37C9AB #3755C9

monochromatic

#69331C #994A29 #C96237 #D68867 #E3AE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#C96237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#C96237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96237

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96237	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.143 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09170',
    500: '#c96237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96237;
$custom-light: #e09170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.671,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61269,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96237

secondary

#8DBBCF

accent

#B3E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96237

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

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