#C96D44#C96D44

#C96D44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.129 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D44
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 68)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 32.94, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 50.75, 49.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0932 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.129 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6020, 23.7755, 8.4453)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D44 #44A0C9

analogous

#C9445D #C96D44 #C9AF44

triadic

#C96D44 #44C96D #6D44C9

tetradic

#C96D44 #5DC944 #44A0C9 #AF44C9

square

#C96D44 #5DC944 #44A0C9 #AF44C9

split-complementary

#C96D44 #44C9AF #445DC9

monochromatic

#723A21 #A1522F #C96D44 #D79273 #E4B7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C96D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C96D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D44

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D44	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)

#867940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.129 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9879',
    500: '#c96d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d44;
$custom-light: #df9879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.496,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63184,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D44

secondary

#98BFD1

accent

#B1DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D44

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

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