#C96E36#C96E36

#C96E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.135 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E36
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 31.66, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 55.73, 55.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0869 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.135 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3319, 23.8391, 6.4934)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E36 #3691C9

analogous

#C93648 #C96E36 #C9B736

triadic

#C96E36 #36C96E #6E36C9

tetradic

#C96E36 #48C936 #3691C9 #B736C9

square

#C96E36 #48C936 #3691C9 #B736C9

split-complementary

#C96E36 #36C9B7 #3648C9

monochromatic

#69391C #995429 #C96E36 #D69166 #E3B496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C96E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#C96E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E36

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E36	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.135 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09870',
    500: '#c96e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e36;
$custom-light: #e09870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63184,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E36

secondary

#8CB5CE

accent

#A6E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E36

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

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