#C96F40#C96F40

#C96F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.129 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96F40
RGB	rgb(201, 111, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 31.65, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 51.92, 52.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.0886 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.129 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6998, 24.1599, 7.8961)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96F40 #409AC9

analogous

#C94056 #C96F40 #C9B440

triadic

#C96F40 #40C96F #6F40C9

tetradic

#C96F40 #56C940 #409AC9 #B440C9

square

#C96F40 #56C940 #409AC9 #B440C9

split-complementary

#C96F40 #40C9B4 #4056C9

monochromatic

#6F3B1F #9F542D #C96F40 #D69370 #E4B79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C96F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#C96F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96F40

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96F40	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 111, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.129 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9976',
    500: '#c96f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96f40;
$custom-light: #df9976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.584,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63464,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96F40

secondary

#94BCD0

accent

#ACDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96F40

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

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