#C96F59#C96F59

#C96F59 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.119 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96F59
RGB	rgb(201, 111, 89)
HSL	hsl(12, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 33.38, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 43.52, 39.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0979 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.119 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5773, 24.5109, 12.5174)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96F59 #59B3C9

analogous

#C9597B #C96F59 #C9A759

triadic

#C96F59 #59C96F #6F59C9

tetradic

#C96F59 #7BC959 #59B3C9 #A759C9

square

#C96F59 #7BC959 #59B3C9 #A759C9

split-complementary

#C96F59 #59C9A7 #597BC9

monochromatic

#7E3A29 #AD4F38 #C96F59 #D89787 #E7BFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C96F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C96F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96F59

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96F59	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA606A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 111, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.119 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9a88',
    500: '#c96f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96f59;
$custom-light: #de9a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.786,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63843,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96F59

secondary

#A8CDD6

accent

#BFDA4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96F59

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

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