#C96942#C96942

#C96942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.133 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96942
RGB	rgb(201, 105, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 34.93, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 52.10, 47.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.0989 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.133 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1250, 22.9175, 7.9903)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96942 #42A2C9

analogous

#C9425F #C96942 #C9AC42

triadic

#C96942 #42C969 #6942C9

tetradic

#C96942 #5FC942 #42A2C9 #AC42C9

square

#C96942 #5FC942 #42A2C9 #AC42C9

split-complementary

#C96942 #42C9AC #425FC9

monochromatic

#703720 #A04F2E #C96942 #D78F72 #E4B5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C96942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C96942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96942

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96942	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)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 105, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.133 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9577',
    500: '#c96942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96942;
$custom-light: #df9577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62506,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96942

secondary

#96C0D1

accent

#B4DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96942

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

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