#C96F49#C96F49

#C96F49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.125 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96F49
RGB	rgb(201, 111, 73)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 32.20, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 48.68, 48.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.0918 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.125 43)
XYZ	xyz(30.9769, 24.2708, 9.3554)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96F49 #49A3C9

analogous

#C94963 #C96F49 #C9AF49

triadic

#C96F49 #49C96F #6F49C9

tetradic

#C96F49 #63C949 #49A3C9 #AF49C9

square

#C96F49 #63C949 #49A3C9 #AF49C9

split-complementary

#C96F49 #49C9AF #4963C9

monochromatic

#753B23 #A45331 #C96F49 #D79478 #E5BAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C96F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C96F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96F49

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96F49	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)

#877B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 111, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.125 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df997d',
    500: '#c96f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96f49;
$custom-light: #df997d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.813,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63584,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.24267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96F49

secondary

#9CC2D2

accent

#B2DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96F49

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

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