#C96836#C96836

#C96836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.139 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96836
RGB	rgb(201, 104, 54)
HSL	hsl(20, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 34.81, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 56.51, 51.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0965 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.139 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7063, 22.5880, 6.2849)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96836 #3697C9

analogous

#C9364E #C96836 #C9B136

triadic

#C96836 #36C968 #6836C9

tetradic

#C96836 #4EC936 #3697C9 #B136C9

square

#C96836 #4EC936 #3697C9 #B136C9

split-complementary

#C96836 #36C9B1 #364EC9

monochromatic

#69361C #994F29 #C96836 #D68C66 #E3B096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C96836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C96836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96836

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96836	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 104, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.139 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0946f',
    500: '#c96836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96836;
$custom-light: #e0946f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.408,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62202,
    "c": 0.13876,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96836

secondary

#8CB8CE

accent

#ADE147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96836

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

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