#C96D3C#C96D3C

#C96D3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.133 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D3C
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 60)
HSL	hsl(21, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 32.49, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 53.65, 52.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0905 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.133 47)
XYZ	xyz(30.3743, 23.6844, 7.2461)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D3C #3C98C9

analogous

#C93C51 #C96D3C #C9B33C

triadic

#C96D3C #3CC96D #6D3CC9

tetradic

#C96D3C #51C93C #3C98C9 #B33CC9

square

#C96D3C #51C93C #3C98C9 #B33CC9

split-complementary

#C96D3C #3CC9B3 #3C51C9

monochromatic

#6D391E #9C532B #C96D3C #D6916C #E4B59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C96D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C96D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D3C

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D3C	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.133 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9874',
    500: '#c96d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d3c;
$custom-light: #df9874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.851,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63084,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.23681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D3C

secondary

#91BAD0

accent

#ABE048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D3C

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

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