#C96F45#C96F45

#C96F45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.127 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96F45
RGB	rgb(201, 111, 69)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 31.95, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 50.10, 50.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0903 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.127 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8486, 24.2194, 8.6793)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96F45 #459FC9

analogous

#C9455D #C96F45 #C9B145

triadic

#C96F45 #45C96F #6F45C9

tetradic

#C96F45 #5DC945 #459FC9 #B145C9

square

#C96F45 #5DC945 #459FC9 #B145C9

split-complementary

#C96F45 #45C9B1 #455DC9

monochromatic

#723B21 #A2542F #C96F45 #D79474 #E5B8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C96F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C96F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96F45

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96F45	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#877B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 111, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.127 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df997a',
    500: '#c96f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96f45;
$custom-light: #df997a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63528,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96F45

secondary

#98BFD1

accent

#AFDE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96F45

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

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