#C97140#C97140

#C97140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.128 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97140
RGB	rgb(201, 113, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 30.58, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 51.68, 53.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0853 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.128 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9205, 24.6013, 7.9697)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97140 #4098C9

analogous

#C94054 #C97140 #C9B640

triadic

#C97140 #40C971 #7140C9

tetradic

#C97140 #54C940 #4098C9 #B640C9

square

#C97140 #54C940 #4098C9 #B640C9

split-complementary

#C97140 #40C9B6 #4054C9

monochromatic

#6F3C1F #9F562D #C97140 #D69470 #E4B89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C97140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#C97140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97140

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97140	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 113, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.128 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9b77',
    500: '#c97140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97140;
$custom-light: #df9b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.46,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.638,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97140

secondary

#94BBD0

accent

#A9DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97140

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

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