#C96C40#C96C40

#C96C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.132 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C40
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 64)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 33.24, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 52.33, 50.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0934 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.132 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3780, 23.5162, 7.7888)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C40 #409DC9

analogous

#C94059 #C96C40 #C9B040

triadic

#C96C40 #40C96C #6C40C9

tetradic

#C96C40 #59C940 #409DC9 #B040C9

square

#C96C40 #59C940 #409DC9 #B040C9

split-complementary

#C96C40 #40C9B0 #4059C9

monochromatic

#6F391F #9F522D #C96C40 #D69170 #E4B59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C96C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C96C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C40

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C40	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#85793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.132 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9776',
    500: '#c96c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c40;
$custom-light: #df9776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.27,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62967,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C40

secondary

#94BDD0

accent

#AFDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C40

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

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