#C96D39#C96D39

#C96D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.134 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D39
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 57)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 32.33, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 54.75, 53.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.0895 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.134 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2972, 23.6536, 6.8402)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D39 #3995C9

analogous

#C9394D #C96D39 #C9B539

triadic

#C96D39 #39C96D #6D39C9

tetradic

#C96D39 #4DC939 #3995C9 #B539C9

square

#C96D39 #4DC939 #3995C9 #B539C9

split-complementary

#C96D39 #39C9B5 #394DC9

monochromatic

#6B391D #9B532A #C96D39 #D69069 #E3B499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C96D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#C96D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D39

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D39	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.134 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9872',
    500: '#c96d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d39;
$custom-light: #df9872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6305,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D39

secondary

#8FB8CF

accent

#A9E047

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D39

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

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