#C96C3C#C96C3C

#C96C3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.133 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C3C
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 60)
HSL	hsl(20, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 33.01, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 53.78, 52.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0921 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.133 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2682, 23.4723, 7.2107)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C3C #3C99C9

analogous

#C93C52 #C96C3C #C9B33C

triadic

#C96C3C #3CC96C #6C3CC9

tetradic

#C96C3C #52C93C #3C99C9 #B33CC9

square

#C96C3C #52C93C #3C99C9 #B33CC9

split-complementary

#C96C3C #3CC9B3 #3C52C9

monochromatic

#6D391E #9C522B #C96C3C #D6906C #E4B49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C96C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#C96C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C3C

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C3C	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.133 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9774',
    500: '#c96c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c3c;
$custom-light: #df9774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.426,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62919,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C3C

secondary

#91BAD0

accent

#ACE048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C3C

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

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