#C96342#C96342

#C96342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.138 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96342
RGB	rgb(201, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(15, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 38.03, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 53.21, 44.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1084 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.138 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5353, 21.7381, 7.7937)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96342 #42A8C9

analogous

#C94264 #C96342 #C9A742

triadic

#C96342 #42C963 #6342C9

tetradic

#C96342 #64C942 #42A8C9 #A742C9

square

#C96342 #64C942 #42A8C9 #A742C9

split-complementary

#C96342 #42C9A7 #4264C9

monochromatic

#703420 #A04A2E #C96342 #D78A72 #E4B2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#C96342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#C96342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96342

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96342	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.138 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9177',
    500: '#c96342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96342;
$custom-light: #df9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6156,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96342

secondary

#96C2D1

accent

#BADF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96342

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

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