#C96842#C96842

#C96842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.134 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96842
RGB	rgb(201, 104, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 35.45, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 52.27, 47.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1005 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.134 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0237, 22.7149, 7.9565)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96842 #42A3C9

analogous

#C9425F #C96842 #C9AC42

triadic

#C96842 #42C968 #6842C9

tetradic

#C96842 #5FC942 #42A3C9 #AC42C9

square

#C96842 #5FC942 #42A3C9 #AC42C9

split-complementary

#C96842 #42C9AC #425FC9

monochromatic

#703720 #A04E2E #C96842 #D78E72 #E4B4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C96842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C96842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96842

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96842	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)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC555F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 104, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.134 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9577',
    500: '#c96842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96842;
$custom-light: #df9577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62346,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96842

secondary

#96C0D1

accent

#B5DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96842

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

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