#C97255#C97255

#C97255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.118 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97255
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(15, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 31.47, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 44.11, 44.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0914 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.118 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7467, 25.1112, 11.7676)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97255 #55ACC9

analogous

#C95572 #C97255 #C9AC55

triadic

#C97255 #55C972 #7255C9

tetradic

#C97255 #72C955 #55ACC9 #AC55C9

square

#C97255 #72C955 #55ACC9 #AC55C9

split-complementary

#C97255 #55C9AC #5572C9

monochromatic

#7C3D27 #AB5336 #C97255 #D89983 #E7BFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C97255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#C97255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97255

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97255	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)

#887E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA636B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.118 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9b85',
    500: '#c97255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97255;
$custom-light: #de9b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64273,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97255

secondary

#A5C9D5

accent

#B8DB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97255

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

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