#C96E48#C96E48

#C96E48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.127 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E48
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 72)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 32.67, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 49.18, 48.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.093 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.127 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8355, 24.0406, 9.1461)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E48 #48A3C9

analogous

#C94862 #C96E48 #C9AE48

triadic

#C96E48 #48C96E #6E48C9

tetradic

#C96E48 #62C948 #48A3C9 #AE48C9

square

#C96E48 #62C948 #48A3C9 #AE48C9

split-complementary

#C96E48 #48C9AE #4862C9

monochromatic

#743A22 #A45230 #C96E48 #D79377 #E5B9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C96E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C96E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E48

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E48	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.127 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df997c',
    500: '#c96e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e48;
$custom-light: #df997c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.674,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63404,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E48

secondary

#9BC2D2

accent

#B2DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E48

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

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