#C96845#C96845

#C96845 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.133 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96845
RGB	rgb(201, 104, 69)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 35.63, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 51.25, 45.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1016 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.133 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1145, 22.7513, 8.4346)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96845 #45A6C9

analogous

#C94564 #C96845 #C9AA45

triadic

#C96845 #45C968 #6845C9

tetradic

#C96845 #64C945 #45A6C9 #AA45C9

square

#C96845 #64C945 #45A6C9 #AA45C9

split-complementary

#C96845 #45C9AA #4564C9

monochromatic

#723721 #A24D2F #C96845 #D78F74 #E5B5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C96845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C96845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96845

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96845	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 104, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.133 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df957a',
    500: '#c96845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96845;
$custom-light: #df957a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62386,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96845

secondary

#98C2D1

accent

#B7DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96845

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

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