#C96E49#C96E49

#C96E49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.126 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E49
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 32.73, 36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 48.83, 47.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0934 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.126 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8684, 24.0538, 9.3193)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E49 #49A4C9

analogous

#C94964 #C96E49 #C9AE49

triadic

#C96E49 #49C96E #6E49C9

tetradic

#C96E49 #64C949 #49A4C9 #AE49C9

square

#C96E49 #64C949 #49A4C9 #AE49C9

split-complementary

#C96E49 #49C9AE #4964C9

monochromatic

#753A23 #A45231 #C96E49 #D79478 #E5B9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C96E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C96E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E49

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E49	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#867A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.126 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df997d',
    500: '#c96e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e49;
$custom-light: #df997d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.344,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63418,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E49

secondary

#9CC2D2

accent

#B3DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E49

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

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