#C9796D#C9796D

#C9796D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9796D
RGB	rgb(201, 121, 109)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(8, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 45.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 29.89, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 35.93, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0895 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.103 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6870, 27.1993, 17.9409)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9796D #6DBDC9

analogous

#C96D8F #C9796D #C9A76D

triadic

#C9796D #6DC979 #796DC9

tetradic

#C9796D #8FC96D #6DBDC9 #A76DC9

square

#C9796D #8FC96D #6DBDC9 #A76DC9

split-complementary

#C9796D #6DC9A7 #6D8FC9

monochromatic

#893E33 #B65243 #C9796D #DAA29A #EACBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C9796D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#C9796D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9796D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9796D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9796D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B846C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E956C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D96E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9796d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 121, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca097',
    500: '#c9796d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9796d;
$custom-light: #dca097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9796d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65925,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9796D

secondary

#B7D6DA

accent

#A7B92C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150F0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9796D

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

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