#C97043#C97043

#C97043 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.127 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97043
RGB	rgb(201, 112, 67)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 31.29, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 50.69, 51.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.088 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.127 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8972, 24.4144, 8.3944)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97043 #439CC9

analogous

#C94359 #C97043 #C9B343

triadic

#C97043 #43C970 #7043C9

tetradic

#C97043 #59C943 #439CC9 #B343C9

square

#C97043 #59C943 #439CC9 #B343C9

split-complementary

#C97043 #43C9B3 #4359C9

monochromatic

#713C20 #A1552E #C97043 #D79473 #E4B8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C97043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#C97043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97043

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97043	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)

#887C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 112, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.127 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9a78',
    500: '#c97043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97043;
$custom-light: #df9a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.149,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63669,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97043

secondary

#97BDD1

accent

#ACDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97043

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

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