#C96D59#C96D59

#C96D59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.121 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D59
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 89)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 34.44, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 43.99, 38.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1011 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.121 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3615, 24.0793, 12.4454)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D59 #59B5C9

analogous

#C9597D #C96D59 #C9A559

triadic

#C96D59 #59C96D #6D59C9

tetradic

#C96D59 #7DC959 #59B5C9 #A559C9

square

#C96D59 #7DC959 #59B5C9 #A559C9

split-complementary

#C96D59 #59C9A5 #597DC9

monochromatic

#7E3829 #AD4D38 #C96D59 #D89687 #E7BEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C96D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#C96D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D59

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D59	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA5E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.121 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9888',
    500: '#c96d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d59;
$custom-light: #de9888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63515,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D59

secondary

#A8CED6

accent

#C1DA4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D59

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

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