#C96D45#C96D45

#C96D45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.129 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D45
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 69)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 33.00, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 50.40, 49.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0935 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.129 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6328, 23.7878, 8.6074)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D45 #45A1C9

analogous

#C9455F #C96D45 #C9AF45

triadic

#C96D45 #45C96D #6D45C9

tetradic

#C96D45 #5FC945 #45A1C9 #AF45C9

square

#C96D45 #5FC945 #45A1C9 #AF45C9

split-complementary

#C96D45 #45C9AF #455FC9

monochromatic

#723A21 #A2522F #C96D45 #D79274 #E5B7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C96D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#C96D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D45

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D45	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.129 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df987a',
    500: '#c96d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d45;
$custom-light: #df987a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63197,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D45

secondary

#98C0D1

accent

#B1DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D45

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

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