#C96C44#C96C44

#C96C44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.130 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C44
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 68)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 33.47, 38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 50.91, 48.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.0948 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.13 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4959, 23.5634, 8.4099)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C44 #44A1C9

analogous

#C9445E #C96C44 #C9AE44

triadic

#C96C44 #44C96C #6C44C9

tetradic

#C96C44 #5EC944 #44A1C9 #AE44C9

square

#C96C44 #5EC944 #44A1C9 #AE44C9

split-complementary

#C96C44 #44C9AE #445EC9

monochromatic

#723921 #A1512F #C96C44 #D79173 #E4B7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C96C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C96C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C44

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C44	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)

#857940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.130 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9779',
    500: '#c96c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c44;
$custom-light: #df9779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.045,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63019,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C44

secondary

#98C0D1

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C44

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

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