#C97045#C97045

#C97045 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.126 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97045
RGB	rgb(201, 112, 69)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 31.41, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 49.96, 51.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0887 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.126 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9583, 24.4389, 8.7159)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97045 #459EC9

analogous

#C9455C #C97045 #C9B245

triadic

#C97045 #45C970 #7045C9

tetradic

#C97045 #5CC945 #459EC9 #B245C9

square

#C97045 #5CC945 #459EC9 #B245C9

split-complementary

#C97045 #45C9B2 #455CC9

monochromatic

#723C21 #A2542F #C97045 #D79474 #E5B9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C97045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C97045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97045

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97045	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 112, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.126 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9a7a',
    500: '#c97045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97045;
$custom-light: #df9a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63695,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97045

secondary

#98BFD1

accent

#AEDE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97045

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

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