#C96D41#C96D41

#C96D41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.130 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D41
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 65)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 32.77, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 51.83, 50.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.0921 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.13 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5128, 23.7398, 7.9754)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D41 #419DC9

analogous

#C94159 #C96D41 #C9B141

triadic

#C96D41 #41C96D #6D41C9

tetradic

#C96D41 #59C941 #419DC9 #B141C9

square

#C96D41 #59C941 #419DC9 #B141C9

split-complementary

#C96D41 #41C9B1 #4159C9

monochromatic

#703A20 #9F522D #C96D41 #D79271 #E4B6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C96D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C96D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D41

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D41	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	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)

#86793D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.130 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9877',
    500: '#c96d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d41;
$custom-light: #df9877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.412,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63145,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D41

secondary

#95BDD1

accent

#AEDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D41

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

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