Terracotta#C96F4A

#C96F4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.125 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Terracotta — editorial page

Color values

HEX#C96F4A
RGBrgb(201, 111, 74)
HSLhsl(17, 54%, 54%)
HSVhsv(17, 63%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 44.8%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(56.37, 32.27, 35.97)
CIE-LCHlch(56.37, 48.33, 48.11°)
OKLaboklab(63.6% 0.0921 0.0845)
OKLCHoklch(63.6% 0.125 42.5)
XYZxyz(31.0104, 24.2841, 9.5314)
Luminance0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C96F4A #4AA4C9
analogous
#C94A65 #C96F4A #C9AF4A
triadic
#C96F4A #4AC96F #6F4AC9
tetradic
#C96F4A #65C94A #4AA4C9 #AF4AC9
square
#C96F4A #65C94A #4AA4C9 #AF4AC9
split-complementary
#C96F4A #4AC9AF #4A65C9
monochromatic
#763B23 #A55331 #C96F4A #D79579 #E5BAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59
#C96F4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86
#C96F4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96F4A
5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C96F4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C96F4A1.003.595.865.86
#FFFFFF3.591.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8621.001.001.00
##0000005.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#877B46
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D8F49
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DB5E66
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787

Related colors

#B36443
#9E583C
#894D35
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#3B241B
#2A1B14
#1A100C
#000000
#D17D5B
#D88B6C
#DE997D
#E5A88F
#EAB6A1
#F0C4B3
#F4D3C6
#F8E1D9
#FCF0EC
#FFFFFF
#C47250
#BE7556
#B8775D
#B37A63

Palettes with this color

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c96f4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 111, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.125 42.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de997d',
    500: '#c96f4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c96f4a;
$custom-light: #de997d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c96f4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.48,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63598,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C96F4A
secondary
#9CC3D2
accent
#B3DD4A
background
#FEF9F7
surface
#FDF2EE
border
#D5CCC9
text
#160E0A
muted
#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96F4A

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#C96F4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva