#C96C42#C96C42

#C96C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.131 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C42
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(19, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 33.35, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 51.62, 49.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.0941 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.131 44)
XYZ	xyz(30.4359, 23.5394, 8.0939)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C42 #429FC9

analogous

#C9425B #C96C42 #C9B042

triadic

#C96C42 #42C96C #6C42C9

tetradic

#C96C42 #5BC942 #429FC9 #B042C9

square

#C96C42 #5BC942 #429FC9 #B042C9

split-complementary

#C96C42 #42C9B0 #425BC9

monochromatic

#703920 #A0512E #C96C42 #D79172 #E4B6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C96C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C96C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C42

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C42	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.131 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9778',
    500: '#c96c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c42;
$custom-light: #df9778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62993,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.23536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C42

secondary

#96BFD1

accent

#B0DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C42

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

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