#C96C49#C96C49

#C96C49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.128 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C49
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 73)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 33.79, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 49.17, 46.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0966 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.128 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6551, 23.6270, 9.2481)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C49 #49A6C9

analogous

#C94966 #C96C49 #C9AC49

triadic

#C96C49 #49C96C #6C49C9

tetradic

#C96C49 #66C949 #49A6C9 #AC49C9

square

#C96C49 #66C949 #49A6C9 #AC49C9

split-complementary

#C96C49 #49C9AC #4966C9

monochromatic

#753923 #A45031 #C96C49 #D79278 #E5B8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C96C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C96C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C49

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C49	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)

#857946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.128 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df977c',
    500: '#c96c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c49;
$custom-light: #df977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.406,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6309,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C49

secondary

#9CC3D2

accent

#B5DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C49

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

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