#C97042#C97042

#C97042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.128 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97042
RGB	rgb(201, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 31.23, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 51.06, 52.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.0876 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.128 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8675, 24.4025, 8.2378)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97042 #429BC9

analogous

#C94258 #C97042 #C9B342

triadic

#C97042 #42C970 #7042C9

tetradic

#C97042 #58C942 #429BC9 #B342C9

square

#C97042 #58C942 #429BC9 #B342C9

split-complementary

#C97042 #42C9B3 #4258C9

monochromatic

#703C20 #A0552E #C97042 #D79472 #E4B8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C97042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#C97042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97042

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97042	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)

#897B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.128 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9a78',
    500: '#c97042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97042;
$custom-light: #df9a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63656,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97042

secondary

#96BDD1

accent

#ACDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97042

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

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