#C96B49#C96B49

#C96B49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.129 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96B49
RGB	rgb(201, 107, 73)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 34.31, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 49.35, 45.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0982 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.129 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5502, 23.4173, 9.2132)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96B49 #49A7C9

analogous

#C94967 #C96B49 #C9AB49

triadic

#C96B49 #49C96B #6B49C9

tetradic

#C96B49 #67C949 #49A7C9 #AB49C9

square

#C96B49 #67C949 #49A7C9 #AB49C9

split-complementary

#C96B49 #49C9AB #4967C9

monochromatic

#753923 #A44F31 #C96B49 #D79178 #E5B8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C96B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#C96B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96B49

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96B49	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 107, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.129 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df977c',
    500: '#c96b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96b49;
$custom-light: #df977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.938,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62927,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96B49

secondary

#9CC4D2

accent

#B6DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96B49

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

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