#C96C31#C96C31

#C96C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.138 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C31
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 49)
HSL	hsl(23, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 32.49, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 57.78, 55.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0887 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.138 50)
XYZ	xyz(30.0071, 23.3678, 5.8354)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C31 #318EC9

analogous

#C93142 #C96C31 #C9B831

triadic

#C96C31 #31C96C #6C31C9

tetradic

#C96C31 #42C931 #318EC9 #B831C9

square

#C96C31 #42C931 #318EC9 #B831C9

split-complementary

#C96C31 #31C9B8 #3142C9

monochromatic

#673719 #985225 #C96C31 #D88E5F #E4B190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C96C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C96C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C31

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C31	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	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)

#87782A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.138 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0976d',
    500: '#c96c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c31;
$custom-light: #e0976d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.289,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62803,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.23364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C31

secondary

#87B3CF

accent

#A6E444

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C31

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

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