#C96A2D#C96A2D

#C96A2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.141 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A2D
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 45)
HSL	hsl(23, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 33.38, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 59.44, 55.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0907 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.141 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7179, 22.9185, 5.3409)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A2D #2D8CC9

analogous

#C92D3E #C96A2D #C9B82D

triadic

#C96A2D #2DC96A #6A2DC9

tetradic

#C96A2D #3EC92D #2D8CC9 #B82DC9

square

#C96A2D #3EC92D #2D8CC9 #B82DC9

split-complementary

#C96A2D #2DC9B8 #2D3EC9

monochromatic

#653517 #975022 #C96A2D #DA8C59 #E5AE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C96A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C96A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A2D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A2D	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)

#857625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC565D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.141 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0966a',
    500: '#c96a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a2d;
$custom-light: #e0966a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.462,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62439,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A2D

secondary

#83B1CF

accent

#A6E641

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A2D

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

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