#C96E53#C96E53

#C96E53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.122 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E53
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 83)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 33.44, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 45.53, 42.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0971 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.122 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2270, 24.1972, 11.2079)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E53 #53AEC9

analogous

#C95373 #C96E53 #C9A953

triadic

#C96E53 #53C96E #6E53C9

tetradic

#C96E53 #73C953 #53AEC9 #A953C9

square

#C96E53 #73C953 #53AEC9 #A953C9

split-complementary

#C96E53 #53C9A9 #5373C9

monochromatic

#7B3A27 #AA5035 #C96E53 #D89582 #E6BDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C96E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C96E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E53

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E53	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.122 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9984',
    500: '#c96e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e53;
$custom-light: #de9984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.729,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63574,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E53

secondary

#A3C9D4

accent

#BBDC4C

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E53

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

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