#C96240#C96240

#C96240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.140 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96240
RGB	rgb(201, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 38.42, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 54.07, 44.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.1093 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.14 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3832, 21.5266, 7.4572)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96240 #40A7C9

analogous

#C94062 #C96240 #C9A740

triadic

#C96240 #40C962 #6240C9

tetradic

#C96240 #62C940 #40A7C9 #A740C9

square

#C96240 #62C940 #40A7C9 #A740C9

split-complementary

#C96240 #40C9A7 #4062C9

monochromatic

#6F331F #9F492D #C96240 #D68970 #E4B09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C96240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#C96240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96240

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96240	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.140 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09176',
    500: '#c96240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96240;
$custom-light: #e09176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.891,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61379,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96240

secondary

#94C2D0

accent

#BADF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96240

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

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