#C96D3E#C96D3E

#C96D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.132 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D3E
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 62)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 32.60, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 52.92, 51.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0911 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.132 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4282, 23.7060, 7.5298)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D3E #3E9AC9

analogous

#C93E55 #C96D3E #C9B33E

triadic

#C96D3E #3EC96D #6D3EC9

tetradic

#C96D3E #55C93E #3E9AC9 #B33EC9

square

#C96D3E #55C93E #3E9AC9 #B33EC9

split-complementary

#C96D3E #3EC9B3 #3E55C9

monochromatic

#6E391F #9E532C #C96D3E #D6916E #E4B59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C96D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C96D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D3E

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D3E	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)

#867939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.132 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9875',
    500: '#c96d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d3e;
$custom-light: #df9875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.288,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63107,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D3E

secondary

#93BBD0

accent

#ACE048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D3E

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

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