#C97040#C97040

#C97040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.129 H 47.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97040
RGB	rgb(201, 112, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 31.12, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 51.80, 53.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.087 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.129 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8096, 24.3794, 7.9327)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97040 #4099C9

analogous

#C94055 #C97040 #C9B540

triadic

#C97040 #40C970 #7040C9

tetradic

#C97040 #55C940 #4099C9 #B540C9

square

#C97040 #55C940 #4099C9 #B540C9

split-complementary

#C97040 #40C9B5 #4055C9

monochromatic

#6F3B1F #9F552D #C97040 #D69470 #E4B79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C97040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#C97040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97040

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97040	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 112, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.129 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9a76',
    500: '#c97040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97040;
$custom-light: #df9a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.022,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63631,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97040

secondary

#94BBD0

accent

#AADF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97040

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

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