#C96D1C#C96D1C

#C96D1C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.145 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D1C
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 28)
HSL	hsl(28, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 86.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 31.26, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 64.59, 61.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0821 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.145 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7685, 23.4421, 4.0555)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D1C #1C78C9

analogous

#C91C22 #C96D1C #C9C31C

triadic

#C96D1C #1CC96D #6D1CC9

tetradic

#C96D1C #22C91C #1C78C9 #C31CC9

square

#C96D1C #22C91C #1C78C9 #C31CC9

split-complementary

#C96D1C #1CC9C3 #1C22C9

monochromatic

#5E330D #935015 #C96D1C #E48C3E #ECAC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C96D1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#C96D1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D1C

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D1C	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.145 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19861',
    500: '#c96d1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d1c;
$custom-light: #e19861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.092,
    "s": 75.546,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62817,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D1C

secondary

#6EA4D2

accent

#9AF236

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170D05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D1C

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

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