#C96E2C#C96E2C

#C96E2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.139 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E2C
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 44)
HSL	hsl(25, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(25, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 31.23, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 59.35, 58.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0841 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.139 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1207, 23.7547, 5.3813)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E2C #2C87C9

analogous

#C92C38 #C96E2C #C9BC2C

triadic

#C96E2C #2CC96E #6E2CC9

tetradic

#C96E2C #38C92C #2C87C9 #BC2CC9

square

#C96E2C #38C92C #2C87C9 #BC2CC9

split-complementary

#C96E2C #2CC9BC #2C38C9

monochromatic

#653716 #975321 #C96E2C #DA8F58 #E5B08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C96E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C96E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E2C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E2C	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.139 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0986a',
    500: '#c96e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e2c;
$custom-light: #e0986a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.223,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63092,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E2C

secondary

#82AFCF

accent

#A1E741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E2C

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

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