#C96D48#C96D48

#C96D48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.127 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D48
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 72)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 33.19, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 49.35, 47.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.0946 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.127 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7283, 23.8260, 9.1103)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D48 #48A4C9

analogous

#C94863 #C96D48 #C9AD48

triadic

#C96D48 #48C96D #6D48C9

tetradic

#C96D48 #63C948 #48A4C9 #AD48C9

square

#C96D48 #63C948 #48A4C9 #AD48C9

split-complementary

#C96D48 #48C9AD #4863C9

monochromatic

#743A22 #A45130 #C96D48 #D79377 #E5B8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C96D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#C96D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D48

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D48	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)

#867A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.127 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df987c',
    500: '#c96d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d48;
$custom-light: #df987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.209,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63239,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D48

secondary

#9BC2D2

accent

#B3DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D48

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

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