#C96D43#C96D43

#C96D43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.130 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D43
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 67)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 32.88, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 51.11, 49.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.0928 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.13 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5717, 23.7634, 8.2859)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D43 #439FC9

analogous

#C9435C #C96D43 #C9B043

triadic

#C96D43 #43C96D #6D43C9

tetradic

#C96D43 #5CC943 #439FC9 #B043C9

square

#C96D43 #5CC943 #439FC9 #B043C9

split-complementary

#C96D43 #43C9B0 #435CC9

monochromatic

#713A20 #A1522E #C96D43 #D79273 #E4B7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C96D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C96D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D43

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D43	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)

#86793F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.130 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9878',
    500: '#c96d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d43;
$custom-light: #df9878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.806,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6317,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D43

secondary

#97BFD1

accent

#B0DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D43

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

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