#C96E39#C96E39

#C96E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.133 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E39
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 57)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 31.80, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 54.63, 54.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0879 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.133 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4045, 23.8682, 6.8760)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E39 #3994C9

analogous

#C9394C #C96E39 #C9B639

triadic

#C96E39 #39C96E #6E39C9

tetradic

#C96E39 #4CC939 #3994C9 #B639C9

square

#C96E39 #4CC939 #3994C9 #B639C9

split-complementary

#C96E39 #39C9B6 #394CC9

monochromatic

#6B3A1D #9B542A #C96E39 #D69169 #E3B499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C96E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#C96E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E39

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E39	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)

#887A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.133 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9872',
    500: '#c96e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e39;
$custom-light: #df9872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63216,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E39

secondary

#8FB7CF

accent

#A8E047

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E39

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

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