#C96D36#C96D36

#C96D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.135 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D36
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 32.19, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 55.85, 54.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.0885 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.135 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2246, 23.6246, 6.4576)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D36 #3692C9

analogous

#C93649 #C96D36 #C9B636

triadic

#C96D36 #36C96D #6D36C9

tetradic

#C96D36 #49C936 #3692C9 #B636C9

square

#C96D36 #49C936 #3692C9 #B636C9

split-complementary

#C96D36 #36C9B6 #3649C9

monochromatic

#69391C #995329 #C96D36 #D69066 #E3B396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C96D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C96D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D36

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D36	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)

#877930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.135 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09870',
    500: '#c96d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d36;
$custom-light: #e09870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.449,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63018,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D36

secondary

#8CB6CE

accent

#A7E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D36

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

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