#C96A36#C96A36

#C96A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.137 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A36
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 33.77, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 56.23, 53.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0933 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.137 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9100, 22.9954, 6.3528)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A36 #3695C9

analogous

#C9364C #C96A36 #C9B336

triadic

#C96A36 #36C96A #6A36C9

tetradic

#C96A36 #4CC936 #3695C9 #B336C9

square

#C96A36 #4CC936 #3695C9 #B336C9

split-complementary

#C96A36 #36C9B3 #364CC9

monochromatic

#69371C #995129 #C96A36 #D68E66 #E3B296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C96A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C96A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A36

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A36	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC565F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.137 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09670',
    500: '#c96a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a36;
$custom-light: #e09670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.224,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62525,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A36

secondary

#8CB7CE

accent

#AAE147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A36

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

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