#C97142#C97142

#C97142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.127 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97142
RGB	rgb(201, 113, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 30.70, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 50.93, 52.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.086 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.127 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9784, 24.6244, 8.2748)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97142 #429AC9

analogous

#C94256 #C97142 #C9B542

triadic

#C97142 #42C971 #7142C9

tetradic

#C97142 #56C942 #429AC9 #B542C9

square

#C97142 #56C942 #429AC9 #B542C9

split-complementary

#C97142 #42C9B5 #4256C9

monochromatic

#703C20 #A0562E #C97142 #D79572 #E4B9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C97142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#C97142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97142

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97142	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	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)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 113, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.127 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9b78',
    500: '#c97142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97142;
$custom-light: #df9b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97142

secondary

#96BCD1

accent

#ABDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97142

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

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