#C96F36#C96F36

#C96F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.134 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96F36
RGB	rgb(201, 111, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 31.13, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 55.63, 55.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0853 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.134 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4404, 24.0561, 6.5296)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96F36 #3690C9

analogous

#C93647 #C96F36 #C9B836

triadic

#C96F36 #36C96F #6F36C9

tetradic

#C96F36 #47C936 #3690C9 #B836C9

square

#C96F36 #47C936 #3690C9 #B836C9

split-complementary

#C96F36 #36C9B8 #3647C9

monochromatic

#693A1C #995429 #C96F36 #D69266 #E3B496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C96F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C96F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96F36

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96F36	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)

#897A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 111, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.134 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09970',
    500: '#c96f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96f36;
$custom-light: #e09970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.265,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63351,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96F36

secondary

#8CB5CE

accent

#A5E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96F36

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

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