#C96A42#C96A42

#C96A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.132 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A42
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 34.40, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 51.93, 48.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0973 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.132 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2274, 23.1224, 8.0244)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A42 #42A1C9

analogous

#C9425D #C96A42 #C9AE42

triadic

#C96A42 #42C96A #6A42C9

tetradic

#C96A42 #5DC942 #42A1C9 #AE42C9

square

#C96A42 #5DC942 #42A1C9 #AE42C9

split-complementary

#C96A42 #42C9AE #425DC9

monochromatic

#703820 #A0502E #C96A42 #D79072 #E4B5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C96A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C96A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A42

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A42	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#84773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.132 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9678',
    500: '#c96a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a42;
$custom-light: #df9678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62667,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A42

secondary

#96BFD1

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A42

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

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