#C96D3F#C96D3F

#C96D3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.131 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D3F
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 63)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 32.65, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 52.55, 51.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.0915 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.131 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4559, 23.7171, 7.6756)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D3F #3F9BC9

analogous

#C93F56 #C96D3F #C9B23F

triadic

#C96D3F #3FC96D #6D3FC9

tetradic

#C96D3F #56C93F #3F9BC9 #B23FC9

square

#C96D3F #56C93F #3F9BC9 #B23FC9

split-complementary

#C96D3F #3FC9B2 #3F56C9

monochromatic

#6F3A1F #9E522D #C96D3F #D6916F #E4B69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C96D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C96D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D3F

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D3F	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)

#86793A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.131 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9876',
    500: '#c96d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d3f;
$custom-light: #df9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6312,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D3F

secondary

#94BCD0

accent

#ADDF48

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D3F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →