#C96E42#C96E42

#C96E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.129 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E42
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 32.29, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 51.32, 51.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0909 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.129 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6493, 23.9661, 8.1651)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E42 #429DC9

analogous

#C94259 #C96E42 #C9B242

triadic

#C96E42 #42C96E #6E42C9

tetradic

#C96E42 #59C942 #429DC9 #B242C9

square

#C96E42 #59C942 #429DC9 #B242C9

split-complementary

#C96E42 #42C9B2 #4259C9

monochromatic

#703A20 #A0532E #C96E42 #D79372 #E4B7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C96E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#C96E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E42

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E42	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)

#877A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.129 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9978',
    500: '#c96e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e42;
$custom-light: #df9978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63323,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E42

secondary

#96BED1

accent

#AEDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E42

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

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