#C97253#C97253

#C97253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.119 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97253
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 83)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 31.31, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 44.76, 45.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0906 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.119 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6684, 25.0799, 11.3551)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97253 #53AAC9

analogous

#C9536F #C97253 #C9AD53

triadic

#C97253 #53C972 #7253C9

tetradic

#C97253 #6FC953 #53AAC9 #AD53C9

square

#C97253 #6FC953 #53AAC9 #AD53C9

split-complementary

#C97253 #53C9AD #536FC9

monochromatic

#7B3D27 #AA5435 #C97253 #D89882 #E6BEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C97253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#C97253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97253

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97253	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB636A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.119 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9b84',
    500: '#c97253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97253;
$custom-light: #de9b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.763,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64239,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97253

secondary

#A3C8D4

accent

#B6DC4C

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97253

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

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