#C96840#C96840

#C96840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.135 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96840
RGB	rgb(201, 104, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 35.33, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 52.96, 48.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.0998 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.135 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9658, 22.6918, 7.6514)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96840 #40A1C9

analogous

#C9405D #C96840 #C9AC40

triadic

#C96840 #40C968 #6840C9

tetradic

#C96840 #5DC940 #40A1C9 #AC40C9

square

#C96840 #5DC940 #40A1C9 #AC40C9

split-complementary

#C96840 #40C9AC #405DC9

monochromatic

#6F371F #9F4E2D #C96840 #D68E70 #E4B39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C96840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C96840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96840

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96840	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC555F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 104, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.135 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9576',
    500: '#c96840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96840;
$custom-light: #df9576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.518,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62319,
    "c": 0.13484,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96840

secondary

#94BFD0

accent

#B3DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96840

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

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