#C96E2E#C96E2E

#C96E2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.138 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E2E
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 46)
HSL	hsl(25, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(25, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 31.31, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 58.64, 57.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0846 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.138 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1592, 23.7701, 5.5841)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E2E #2E89C9

analogous

#C92E3C #C96E2E #C9BB2E

triadic

#C96E2E #2EC96E #6E2EC9

tetradic

#C96E2E #3CC92E #2E89C9 #BB2EC9

square

#C96E2E #3CC92E #2E89C9 #BB2EC9

split-complementary

#C96E2E #2EC9BB #2E3CC9

monochromatic

#653717 #975323 #C96E2E #D98F5B #E5B18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C96E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C96E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E2E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E2E	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)

#887926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.138 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0986b',
    500: '#c96e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e2e;
$custom-light: #e0986b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.774,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63108,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E2E

secondary

#84B0CF

accent

#A2E642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E2E

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

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