#C96949#C96949

#C96949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.131 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96949
RGB	rgb(201, 105, 73)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 35.36, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 49.73, 44.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1014 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.131 39)
XYZ	xyz(30.3441, 23.0051, 9.1445)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96949 #49A9C9

analogous

#C94969 #C96949 #C9A949

triadic

#C96949 #49C969 #6949C9

tetradic

#C96949 #69C949 #49A9C9 #A949C9

square

#C96949 #69C949 #49A9C9 #A949C9

split-complementary

#C96949 #49C9A9 #4969C9

monochromatic

#753723 #A44E31 #C96949 #D79078 #E5B7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C96949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C96949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96949

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96949	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 105, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.131 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df957c',
    500: '#c96949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96949;
$custom-light: #df957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62604,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.23002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96949

secondary

#9CC5D2

accent

#B9DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96949

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

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