#C96A46#C96A46

#C96A46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.131 H 41.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A46
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 70)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 34.64, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 50.55, 46.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.0987 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.131 41)
XYZ	xyz(30.3495, 23.1712, 8.6674)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A46 #46A5C9

analogous

#C94663 #C96A46 #C9AC46

triadic

#C96A46 #46C96A #6A46C9

tetradic

#C96A46 #63C946 #46A5C9 #AC46C9

square

#C96A46 #63C946 #46A5C9 #AC46C9

split-complementary

#C96A46 #46C9AC #4663C9

monochromatic

#733822 #A24F2F #C96A46 #D79075 #E5B6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C96A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#C96A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A46

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A46	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.131 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df967a',
    500: '#c96a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a46;
$custom-light: #df967a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.489,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62722,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.23168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A46

secondary

#99C2D2

accent

#B5DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A46

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

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