#C96C47#C96C47

#C96C47 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.129 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C47
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 71)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 33.66, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 49.86, 47.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.0959 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.129 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5898, 23.6009, 8.9045)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C47 #47A4C9

analogous

#C94763 #C96C47 #C9AD47

triadic

#C96C47 #47C96C #6C47C9

tetradic

#C96C47 #63C947 #47A4C9 #AD47C9

square

#C96C47 #63C947 #47A4C9 #AD47C9

split-complementary

#C96C47 #47C9AD #4763C9

monochromatic

#743922 #A35130 #C96C47 #D79276 #E5B8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C96C47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C96C47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C47

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C47	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.129 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df977b',
    500: '#c96c47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c47;
$custom-light: #df977b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63061,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C47

secondary

#9AC2D2

accent

#B4DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C47

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

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