#C96A34#C96A34

#C96A34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.138 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A34
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 52)
HSL	hsl(22, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 33.67, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 56.95, 53.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.0927 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.138 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8640, 22.9770, 6.1105)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A34 #3493C9

analogous

#C93449 #C96A34 #C9B534

triadic

#C96A34 #34C96A #6A34C9

tetradic

#C96A34 #49C934 #3493C9 #B534C9

square

#C96A34 #49C934 #3493C9 #B534C9

split-complementary

#C96A34 #34C9B5 #3449C9

monochromatic

#68371B #985027 #C96A34 #D78D63 #E3B194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C96A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C96A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A34

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A34	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#85772E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC565E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.138 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0966e',
    500: '#c96a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a34;
$custom-light: #e0966e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.745,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62505,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A34

secondary

#8AB6CE

accent

#A9E246

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A34

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

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