#C96D4E#C96D4E

#C96D4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.125 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D4E
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 78)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(15, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 33.60, 33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 47.32, 44.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0969 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.125 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9336, 23.9082, 10.1919)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D4E #4EAAC9

analogous

#C94E6D #C96D4E #C9AB4E

triadic

#C96D4E #4EC96D #6D4EC9

tetradic

#C96D4E #6DC94E #4EAAC9 #AB4EC9

square

#C96D4E #6DC94E #4EAAC9 #AB4EC9

split-complementary

#C96D4E #4EC9AB #4E6DC9

monochromatic

#783A25 #A75033 #C96D4E #D7947D #E6BAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C96D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C96D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D4E

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D4E	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.125 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9880',
    500: '#c96d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d4e;
$custom-light: #de9880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.122,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63329,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D4E

secondary

#9FC6D3

accent

#B8DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D4E

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

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