#C97251#C97251

#C97251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97251
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 81)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(17, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 31.16, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 45.43, 46.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.0899 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.12 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5923, 25.0495, 10.9542)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97251 #51A8C9

analogous

#C9516C #C97251 #C9AE51

triadic

#C97251 #51C972 #7251C9

tetradic

#C97251 #6CC951 #51A8C9 #AE51C9

square

#C97251 #6CC951 #51A8C9 #AE51C9

split-complementary

#C97251 #51C9AE #516CC9

monochromatic

#7A3D26 #A95434 #C97251 #D79880 #E6BEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C97251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#C97251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97251

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97251	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB626A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9b82',
    500: '#c97251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97251;
$custom-light: #de9b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64207,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97251

secondary

#A2C6D4

accent

#B4DC4C

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97251

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

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