#C96C36#C96C36

#C96C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.136 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C36
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 32.71, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 55.97, 54.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.0901 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.136 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1185, 23.4124, 6.4223)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C36 #3693C9

analogous

#C93649 #C96C36 #C9B636

triadic

#C96C36 #36C96C #6C36C9

tetradic

#C96C36 #49C936 #3693C9 #B636C9

square

#C96C36 #49C936 #3693C9 #B636C9

split-complementary

#C96C36 #36C9B6 #3649C9

monochromatic

#69381C #995229 #C96C36 #D68F66 #E3B396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C96C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#C96C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C36

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C36	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)

#867830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.136 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09770',
    500: '#c96c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c36;
$custom-light: #e09770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.041,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62853,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C36

secondary

#8CB6CE

accent

#A8E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C36

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

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