#C96E30#C96E30

#C96E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.137 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E30
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 48)
HSL	hsl(24, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 31.39, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 57.92, 57.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0852 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.137 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1996, 23.7862, 5.7966)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E30 #308BC9

analogous

#C9303E #C96E30 #C9BB30

triadic

#C96E30 #30C96E #6E30C9

tetradic

#C96E30 #3EC930 #308BC9 #BB30C9

square

#C96E30 #3EC930 #308BC9 #BB30C9

split-complementary

#C96E30 #30C9BB #303EC9

monochromatic

#663818 #985324 #C96E30 #D88F5E #E4B28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C96E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#C96E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E30

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E30	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.137 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0986c',
    500: '#c96e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e30;
$custom-light: #e0986c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.314,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63126,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E30

secondary

#86B1CF

accent

#A3E543

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E30

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

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