#C96F37#C96F37

#C96F37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.133 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96F37
RGB	rgb(201, 111, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 31.17, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 55.26, 55.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0857 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.133 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4641, 24.0656, 6.6545)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96F37 #3791C9

analogous

#C93748 #C96F37 #C9B837

triadic

#C96F37 #37C96F #6F37C9

tetradic

#C96F37 #48C937 #3791C9 #B837C9

square

#C96F37 #48C937 #3791C9 #B837C9

split-complementary

#C96F37 #37C9B8 #3748C9

monochromatic

#693A1C #995429 #C96F37 #D69267 #E3B497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C96F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C96F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96F37

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96F37	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)

#897A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 111, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.133 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9970',
    500: '#c96f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96f37;
$custom-light: #df9970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.014,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63361,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96F37

secondary

#8DB5CF

accent

#A6E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96F37

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

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