#C96E40#C96E40

#C96E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.130 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E40
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 32.18, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 52.05, 51.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.0902 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.13 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5913, 23.9429, 7.8599)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E40 #409BC9

analogous

#C94057 #C96E40 #C9B340

triadic

#C96E40 #40C96E #6E40C9

tetradic

#C96E40 #57C940 #409BC9 #B340C9

square

#C96E40 #57C940 #409BC9 #B340C9

split-complementary

#C96E40 #40C9B3 #4057C9

monochromatic

#6F3A1F #9F532D #C96E40 #D69270 #E4B69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C96E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#C96E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E40

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E40	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.130 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9976',
    500: '#c96e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e40;
$custom-light: #df9976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.146,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63297,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E40

secondary

#94BCD0

accent

#ADDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E40

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

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