#C96E3C#C96E3C

#C96E3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.132 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E3C
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 60)
HSL	hsl(21, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 31.96, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 53.52, 53.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.0888 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.132 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4816, 23.8990, 7.2818)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E3C #3C97C9

analogous

#C93C50 #C96E3C #C9B53C

triadic

#C96E3C #3CC96E #6E3CC9

tetradic

#C96E3C #50C93C #3C97C9 #B53CC9

square

#C96E3C #50C93C #3C97C9 #B53CC9

split-complementary

#C96E3C #3CC9B5 #3C50C9

monochromatic

#6D3A1E #9C532B #C96E3C #D6926C #E4B59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C96E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C96E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E3C

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E3C	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.132 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9974',
    500: '#c96e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e3c;
$custom-light: #df9974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.277,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63249,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E3C

secondary

#91B9D0

accent

#AAE048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E3C

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

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