#C96C3E#C96C3E

#C96C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.132 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C3E
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 62)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 33.12, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 53.06, 51.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0927 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.132 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3221, 23.4939, 7.4944)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C3E #3E9BC9

analogous

#C93E56 #C96C3E #C9B23E

triadic

#C96C3E #3EC96C #6C3EC9

tetradic

#C96C3E #56C93E #3E9BC9 #B23EC9

square

#C96C3E #56C93E #3E9BC9 #B23EC9

split-complementary

#C96C3E #3EC9B2 #3E56C9

monochromatic

#6E391F #9E522C #C96C3E #D6906E #E4B59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C96C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C96C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C3E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C3E	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.132 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9775',
    500: '#c96c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c3e;
$custom-light: #df9775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.856,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62943,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C3E

secondary

#93BCD0

accent

#ADE048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C3E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →