#C96936#C96936

#C96936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.138 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96936
RGB	rgb(201, 105, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 34.29, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 56.36, 52.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0949 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.138 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8075, 22.7905, 6.3186)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96936 #3696C9

analogous

#C9364D #C96936 #C9B236

triadic

#C96936 #36C969 #6936C9

tetradic

#C96936 #4DC936 #3696C9 #B236C9

square

#C96936 #4DC936 #3696C9 #B236C9

split-complementary

#C96936 #36C9B2 #364DC9

monochromatic

#69371C #995029 #C96936 #D68D66 #E3B196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C96936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C96936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96936

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96936	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC555E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 105, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.138 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0956f',
    500: '#c96936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96936;
$custom-light: #e0956f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.816,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62363,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96936

secondary

#8CB7CE

accent

#ABE147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96936

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

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