#C96E3E#C96E3E

#C96E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.131 H 46.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E3E
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 62)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 32.07, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 52.79, 52.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0895 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.131 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5354, 23.9206, 7.5656)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E3E #3E99C9

analogous

#C93E54 #C96E3E #C9B33E

triadic

#C96E3E #3EC96E #6E3EC9

tetradic

#C96E3E #54C93E #3E99C9 #B33EC9

square

#C96E3E #54C93E #3E99C9 #B33EC9

split-complementary

#C96E3E #3EC9B3 #3E54C9

monochromatic

#6E3A1F #9E532C #C96E3E #D6926E #E4B69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C96E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C96E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E3E

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E3E	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)

#877A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.131 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9975',
    500: '#c96e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e3e;
$custom-light: #df9975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.719,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E3E

secondary

#93BBD0

accent

#ABE048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E3E

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

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