#C96D49#C96D49

#C96D49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.127 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D49
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 33.26, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 49.00, 47.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.095 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.127 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7611, 23.8392, 9.2835)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D49 #49A5C9

analogous

#C94965 #C96D49 #C9AD49

triadic

#C96D49 #49C96D #6D49C9

tetradic

#C96D49 #65C949 #49A5C9 #AD49C9

square

#C96D49 #65C949 #49A5C9 #AD49C9

split-complementary

#C96D49 #49C9AD #4965C9

monochromatic

#753A23 #A45131 #C96D49 #D79378 #E5B9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C96D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#C96D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D49

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D49	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.127 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df987c',
    500: '#c96d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d49;
$custom-light: #df987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.875,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63253,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D49

secondary

#9CC3D2

accent

#B4DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D49

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

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