#C96B36#C96B36

#C96B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.137 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96B36
RGB	rgb(201, 107, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 33.24, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 56.10, 53.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.0917 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.137 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0137, 23.2027, 6.3873)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96B36 #3694C9

analogous

#C9364A #C96B36 #C9B536

triadic

#C96B36 #36C96B #6B36C9

tetradic

#C96B36 #4AC936 #3694C9 #B536C9

square

#C96B36 #4AC936 #3694C9 #B536C9

split-complementary

#C96B36 #36C9B5 #364AC9

monochromatic

#69381C #995129 #C96B36 #D68F66 #E3B296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C96B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C96B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96B36

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96B36	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)

#857830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC585F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 107, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.137 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09670',
    500: '#c96b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96b36;
$custom-light: #e09670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.633,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62689,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96B36

secondary

#8CB7CE

accent

#A9E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96B36

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

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