#C96940#C96940

#C96940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.134 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96940
RGB	rgb(201, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 34.81, 39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 52.80, 48.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.0982 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.134 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0670, 22.8943, 7.6852)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96940 #40A0C9

analogous

#C9405C #C96940 #C9AD40

triadic

#C96940 #40C969 #6940C9

tetradic

#C96940 #5CC940 #40A0C9 #AD40C9

square

#C96940 #5CC940 #40A0C9 #AD40C9

split-complementary

#C96940 #40C9AD #405CC9

monochromatic

#6F371F #9F4F2D #C96940 #D68E70 #E4B49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C96940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C96940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96940

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96940	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.134 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9576',
    500: '#c96940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96940;
$custom-light: #df9576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.956,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6248,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96940

secondary

#94BED0

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96940

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

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