#C96A41#C96A41

#C96A41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.133 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A41
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 65)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 34.34, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 52.28, 48.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.0969 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.133 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1982, 23.1107, 7.8705)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A41 #41A0C9

analogous

#C9415C #C96A41 #C9AE41

triadic

#C96A41 #41C96A #6A41C9

tetradic

#C96A41 #5CC941 #41A0C9 #AE41C9

square

#C96A41 #5CC941 #41A0C9 #AE41C9

split-complementary

#C96A41 #41C9AE #415CC9

monochromatic

#703820 #9F502D #C96A41 #D78F71 #E4B5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C96A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C96A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A41

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A41	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.133 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9677',
    500: '#c96a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a41;
$custom-light: #df9677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.088,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62654,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A41

secondary

#95BFD1

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A41

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

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