#C96338#C96338

#C96338 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.142 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96338
RGB	rgb(201, 99, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, 37.49, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 56.60, 48.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.105 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.142 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2658, 21.6303, 6.3745)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96338 #389EC9

analogous

#C93855 #C96338 #C9AB38

triadic

#C96338 #38C963 #6338C9

tetradic

#C96338 #55C938 #389EC9 #AB38C9

square

#C96338 #55C938 #389EC9 #AB38C9

split-complementary

#C96338 #38C9AB #3855C9

monochromatic

#6A341D #9A4B2A #C96338 #D68968 #E3AE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#C96338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#C96338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96338

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96338	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 99, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.142 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09170',
    500: '#c96338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96338;
$custom-light: #e09170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61435,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96338

secondary

#8EBCCF

accent

#B3E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96338

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

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