#C96D40#C96D40

#C96D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.131 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D40
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 32.71, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 52.19, 51.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0918 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.131 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4841, 23.7283, 7.8242)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D40 #409CC9

analogous

#C94058 #C96D40 #C9B140

triadic

#C96D40 #40C96D #6D40C9

tetradic

#C96D40 #58C940 #409CC9 #B140C9

square

#C96D40 #58C940 #409CC9 #B140C9

split-complementary

#C96D40 #40C9B1 #4058C9

monochromatic

#6F3A1F #9F522D #C96D40 #D69170 #E4B69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C96D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C96D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D40

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D40	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.131 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9876',
    500: '#c96d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d40;
$custom-light: #df9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.708,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63132,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D40

secondary

#94BDD0

accent

#AEDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →