#C96A2E#C96A2E

#C96A2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.140 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A2E
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 46)
HSL	hsl(23, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 33.42, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 59.09, 55.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.091 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.14 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7373, 22.9263, 5.4435)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A2E #2E8DC9

analogous

#C92E3F #C96A2E #C9B72E

triadic

#C96A2E #2EC96A #6A2EC9

tetradic

#C96A2E #3FC92E #2E8DC9 #B72EC9

square

#C96A2E #3FC92E #2E8DC9 #B72EC9

split-complementary

#C96A2E #2EC9B7 #2E3FC9

monochromatic

#653517 #975023 #C96A2E #D98C5B #E5AF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C96A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C96A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A2E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A2E	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)

#857726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC565E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.140 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0966b',
    500: '#c96a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a2e;
$custom-light: #e0966b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.226,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62448,
    "c": 0.1404,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A2E

secondary

#84B2CF

accent

#A6E642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A2E

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

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