#C96A49#C96A49

#C96A49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.130 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96A49
RGB	rgb(201, 106, 73)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 34.84, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 49.54, 45.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.0998 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.13 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4466, 23.2100, 9.1786)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96A49 #49A8C9

analogous

#C94968 #C96A49 #C9AA49

triadic

#C96A49 #49C96A #6A49C9

tetradic

#C96A49 #68C949 #49A8C9 #AA49C9

square

#C96A49 #68C949 #49A8C9 #AA49C9

split-complementary

#C96A49 #49C9AA #4968C9

monochromatic

#753823 #A44E31 #C96A49 #D79178 #E5B7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C96A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C96A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96A49

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96A49	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 106, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.130 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df967c',
    500: '#c96a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96a49;
$custom-light: #df967c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.469,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62765,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96A49

secondary

#9CC4D2

accent

#B8DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96A49

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

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