#C96E45#C96E45

#C96E45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.128 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E45
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 69)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 32.48, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 50.25, 49.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0919 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.128 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7401, 24.0024, 8.6431)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E45 #45A0C9

analogous

#C9455E #C96E45 #C9B045

triadic

#C96E45 #45C96E #6E45C9

tetradic

#C96E45 #5EC945 #45A0C9 #B045C9

square

#C96E45 #5EC945 #45A0C9 #B045C9

split-complementary

#C96E45 #45C9B0 #455EC9

monochromatic

#723A21 #A2532F #C96E45 #D79374 #E5B8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C96E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#C96E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E45

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E45	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.128 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df997a',
    500: '#c96e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e45;
$custom-light: #df997a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63362,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E45

secondary

#98C0D1

accent

#B0DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E45

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

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