#C96C34#C96C34

#C96C34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.137 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C34
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 52)
HSL	hsl(23, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 32.62, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 56.70, 54.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0895 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.137 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0725, 23.3940, 6.1800)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C34 #3491C9

analogous

#C93447 #C96C34 #C9B634

triadic

#C96C34 #34C96C #6C34C9

tetradic

#C96C34 #47C934 #3491C9 #B634C9

square

#C96C34 #47C934 #3491C9 #B634C9

split-complementary

#C96C34 #34C9B6 #3447C9

monochromatic

#68381B #985227 #C96C34 #D78F63 #E3B294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C96C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#C96C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C34

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C34	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)

#86782D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.137 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0976e',
    500: '#c96c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c34;
$custom-light: #e0976e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.55,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62832,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C34

secondary

#8AB5CE

accent

#A7E246

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C34

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

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