#C96D42#C96D42

#C96D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.130 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D42
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(19, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 32.82, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 51.47, 50.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.0925 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.13 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5420, 23.7515, 8.1293)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D42 #429EC9

analogous

#C9425B #C96D42 #C9B142

triadic

#C96D42 #42C96D #6D42C9

tetradic

#C96D42 #5BC942 #429EC9 #B142C9

square

#C96D42 #5BC942 #429EC9 #B142C9

split-complementary

#C96D42 #42C9B1 #425BC9

monochromatic

#703A20 #A0522E #C96D42 #D79272 #E4B7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C96D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C96D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D42

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D42	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)

#86793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.130 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9878',
    500: '#c96d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d42;
$custom-light: #df9878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63157,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D42

secondary

#96BED1

accent

#AFDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D42

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

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