#C96239#C96239

#C96239 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.142 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96239
RGB	rgb(201, 98, 57)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 38.05, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 56.43, 47.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.1069 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.142 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1963, 21.4519, 6.4732)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96239 #39A0C9

analogous

#C93958 #C96239 #C9AA39

triadic

#C96239 #39C962 #6239C9

tetradic

#C96239 #58C939 #39A0C9 #AA39C9

square

#C96239 #58C939 #39A0C9 #AA39C9

split-complementary

#C96239 #39C9AA #3958C9

monochromatic

#6B331D #9B4A2A #C96239 #D68869 #E3AE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#C96239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#C96239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96239

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96239	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)

#7E7234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 98, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.142 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09171',
    500: '#c96239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96239;
$custom-light: #e09171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61292,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96239

secondary

#8FBDCF

accent

#B5E047

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96239

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

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