#C96D34#C96D34

#C96D34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.136 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D34
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 52)
HSL	hsl(23, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 32.09, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 56.58, 55.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.0879 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.136 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1786, 23.6062, 6.2153)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D34 #3490C9

analogous

#C93446 #C96D34 #C9B834

triadic

#C96D34 #34C96D #6D34C9

tetradic

#C96D34 #46C934 #3490C9 #B834C9

square

#C96D34 #46C934 #3490C9 #B834C9

split-complementary

#C96D34 #34C9B8 #3446C9

monochromatic

#68381B #985327 #C96D34 #D79063 #E3B294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C96D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C96D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D34

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D34	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)

#87792D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.136 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0986e',
    500: '#c96d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d34;
$custom-light: #e0986e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.953,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62998,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D34

secondary

#8AB4CE

accent

#A6E246

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D34

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

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