#C96F48#C96F48

#C96F48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.126 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96F48
RGB	rgb(201, 111, 72)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 32.14, 37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 49.03, 49.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0914 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.126 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9440, 24.2576, 9.1822)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96F48 #48A2C9

analogous

#C94861 #C96F48 #C9B048

triadic

#C96F48 #48C96F #6F48C9

tetradic

#C96F48 #61C948 #48A2C9 #B048C9

square

#C96F48 #61C948 #48A2C9 #B048C9

split-complementary

#C96F48 #48C9B0 #4861C9

monochromatic

#743B22 #A45330 #C96F48 #D79477 #E5B9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C96F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C96F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96F48

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96F48	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 111, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.126 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df997c',
    500: '#c96f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96f48;
$custom-light: #df997c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.14,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6357,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96F48

secondary

#9BC1D2

accent

#B1DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96F48

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

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