#C9796F#C9796F

#C9796F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9796F
RGB	rgb(201, 121, 111)
HSL	hsl(7, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 44.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 30.09, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 35.51, 32.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% 0.0903 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.102 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7959, 27.2429, 18.5143)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9796F #6FBFC9

analogous

#C96F92 #C9796F #C9A66F

triadic

#C9796F #6FC979 #796FC9

tetradic

#C9796F #92C96F #6FBFC9 #A66FC9

square

#C9796F #92C96F #6FBFC9 #A66FC9

split-complementary

#C9796F #6FC9A6 #6F92C9

monochromatic

#8A3D34 #B65144 #C9796F #DAA29C #EACCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C9796F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#C9796F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9796F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9796F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9796F	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B856E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E956E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D86E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9796f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 121, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca098',
    500: '#c9796f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9796f;
$custom-light: #dca098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9796f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65969,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9796F

secondary

#B9D7DB

accent

#A9B92D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150F0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9796F

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

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