#C96B42#C96B42

#C96B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.132 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96B42
RGB	rgb(201, 107, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 33.88, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 51.77, 49.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0957 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.132 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3311, 23.3297, 8.0590)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96B42 #42A0C9

analogous

#C9425D #C96B42 #C9AE42

triadic

#C96B42 #42C96B #6B42C9

tetradic

#C96B42 #5DC942 #42A0C9 #AE42C9

square

#C96B42 #5DC942 #42A0C9 #AE42C9

split-complementary

#C96B42 #42C9AE #425DC9

monochromatic

#703920 #A0502E #C96B42 #D79072 #E4B6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C96B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C96B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96B42

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96B42	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 107, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.132 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9778',
    500: '#c96b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96b42;
$custom-light: #df9778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6283,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96B42

secondary

#96BFD1

accent

#B1DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96B42

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

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