#C96946#C96946

#C96946 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.132 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96946
RGB	rgb(201, 105, 70)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 35.17, 36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 50.73, 46.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.1003 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.132 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2470, 22.9663, 8.6332)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96946 #46A6C9

analogous

#C94664 #C96946 #C9AB46

triadic

#C96946 #46C969 #6946C9

tetradic

#C96946 #64C946 #46A6C9 #AB46C9

square

#C96946 #64C946 #46A6C9 #AB46C9

split-complementary

#C96946 #46C9AB #4664C9

monochromatic

#733722 #A24E2F #C96946 #D78F75 #E5B6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C96946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C96946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96946

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96946	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 105, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.132 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df957a',
    500: '#c96946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96946;
$custom-light: #df957a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.031,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62561,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96946

secondary

#99C3D2

accent

#B6DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96946

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

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