#C96C1C#C96C1C

#C96C1C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.145 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C1C
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 28)
HSL	hsl(28, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 86.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 31.79, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 64.70, 60.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.0837 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.145 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6624, 23.2300, 4.0202)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C1C #1C79C9

analogous

#C91C22 #C96C1C #C9C31C

triadic

#C96C1C #1CC96C #6C1CC9

tetradic

#C96C1C #22C91C #1C79C9 #C31CC9

square

#C96C1C #22C91C #1C79C9 #C31CC9

split-complementary

#C96C1C #1CC9C3 #1C22C9

monochromatic

#5E320D #934F15 #C96C1C #E48B3E #ECAB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C96C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C96C1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C1C

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C1C	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.145 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19761',
    500: '#c96c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c1c;
$custom-light: #e19761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.746,
    "s": 75.546,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62651,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C1C

secondary

#6EA4D2

accent

#9BF236

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170D05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C1C

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

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