#C96A32#C96A32

#C96A32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.139 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A32
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 50)
HSL	hsl(22, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 33.58, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 57.67, 54.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.0921 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.139 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8199, 22.9594, 5.8782)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A32 #3291C9

analogous

#C93245 #C96A32 #C9B632

triadic

#C96A32 #32C96A #6A32C9

tetradic

#C96A32 #45C932 #3291C9 #B632C9

square

#C96A32 #45C932 #3291C9 #B632C9

split-complementary

#C96A32 #32C9B6 #3245C9

monochromatic

#67361A #985026 #C96A32 #D88D61 #E4B092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C96A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C96A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A32

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A32	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)

#85772B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC565E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.139 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0966d',
    500: '#c96a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a32;
$custom-light: #e0966d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.252,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62485,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A32

secondary

#88B4CF

accent

#A8E344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A32

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

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