#C96A30#C96A30

#C96A30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.140 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A30
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 48)
HSL	hsl(23, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 33.50, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 58.38, 54.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.0916 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.14 49)
XYZ	xyz(29.7777, 22.9425, 5.6559)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A30 #308FC9

analogous

#C93043 #C96A30 #C9B730

triadic

#C96A30 #30C96A #6A30C9

tetradic

#C96A30 #43C930 #308FC9 #B730C9

square

#C96A30 #43C930 #308FC9 #B730C9

split-complementary

#C96A30 #30C9B7 #3043C9

monochromatic

#663618 #985024 #C96A30 #D88C5E #E4AF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C96A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C96A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A30

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A30	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#857729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC565E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.140 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0966c',
    500: '#c96a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a30;
$custom-light: #e0966c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.745,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62466,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.22939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A30

secondary

#86B3CF

accent

#A7E543

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A30

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

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