#C96D47#C96D47

#C96D47 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.128 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D47
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 71)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 33.13, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 49.69, 48.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0943 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.128 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6959, 23.8131, 8.9399)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D47 #47A3C9

analogous

#C94762 #C96D47 #C9AE47

triadic

#C96D47 #47C96D #6D47C9

tetradic

#C96D47 #62C947 #47A3C9 #AE47C9

square

#C96D47 #62C947 #47A3C9 #AE47C9

split-complementary

#C96D47 #47C9AE #4762C9

monochromatic

#743A22 #A35130 #C96D47 #D79376 #E5B8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C96D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#C96D47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D47

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D47	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#867A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.128 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df987b',
    500: '#c96d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d47;
$custom-light: #df987b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.538,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63225,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D47

secondary

#9AC2D2

accent

#B3DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D47

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

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