#C96E41#C96E41

#C96E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.130 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E41
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 65)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 32.24, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 51.69, 51.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.0905 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.13 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6201, 23.9544, 8.0111)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E41 #419CC9

analogous

#C94158 #C96E41 #C9B241

triadic

#C96E41 #41C96E #6E41C9

tetradic

#C96E41 #58C941 #419CC9 #B241C9

square

#C96E41 #58C941 #419CC9 #B241C9

split-complementary

#C96E41 #41C9B2 #4158C9

monochromatic

#703A20 #9F532D #C96E41 #D79271 #E4B7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C96E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#C96E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E41

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E41	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)

#877A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.130 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9977',
    500: '#c96e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e41;
$custom-light: #df9977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.853,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6331,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E41

secondary

#95BDD1

accent

#ADDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E41

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

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