#C96238#C96238

#C96238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.143 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96238
RGB	rgb(201, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 38.00, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 56.77, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1066 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.143 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1716, 21.4420, 6.3431)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96238 #389FC9

analogous

#C93857 #C96238 #C9AA38

triadic

#C96238 #38C962 #6238C9

tetradic

#C96238 #57C938 #389FC9 #AA38C9

square

#C96238 #57C938 #389FC9 #AA38C9

split-complementary

#C96238 #38C9AA #3857C9

monochromatic

#6A331D #9A4A2A #C96238 #D68868 #E3AE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#C96238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#C96238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96238

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96238	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)

#7E7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.143 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09170',
    500: '#c96238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96238;
$custom-light: #e09170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.379,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6128,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96238

secondary

#8EBCCF

accent

#B4E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96238

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

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