#C96B40#C96B40

#C96B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.132 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96B40
RGB	rgb(201, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 33.76, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 52.48, 49.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.095 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.132 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2731, 23.3065, 7.7539)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96B40 #409EC9

analogous

#C9405A #C96B40 #C9AF40

triadic

#C96B40 #40C96B #6B40C9

tetradic

#C96B40 #5AC940 #409EC9 #AF40C9

square

#C96B40 #5AC940 #409EC9 #AF40C9

split-complementary

#C96B40 #40C9AF #405AC9

monochromatic

#6F381F #9F512D #C96B40 #D69070 #E4B59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C96B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#C96B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96B40

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96B40	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.132 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9776',
    500: '#c96b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96b40;
$custom-light: #df9776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.832,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62804,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96B40

secondary

#94BED0

accent

#B0DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96B40

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

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