#C96D2C#C96D2C

#C96D2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.139 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D2C
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 44)
HSL	hsl(25, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(25, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 31.76, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 59.45, 57.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0857 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.139 52)
XYZ	xyz(30.0134, 23.5401, 5.3455)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D2C #2C88C9

analogous

#C92C39 #C96D2C #C9BC2C

triadic

#C96D2C #2CC96D #6D2CC9

tetradic

#C96D2C #39C92C #2C88C9 #BC2CC9

square

#C96D2C #39C92C #2C88C9 #BC2CC9

split-complementary

#C96D2C #2CC9BC #2C39C9

monochromatic

#653716 #975221 #C96D2C #DA8E58 #E5B08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C96D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C96D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D2C

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D2C	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)

#887923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.139 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0986a',
    500: '#c96d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d2c;
$custom-light: #e0986a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.841,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62925,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.23537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D2C

secondary

#82AFCF

accent

#A2E741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D2C

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

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