#C97342#C97342

#C97342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.126 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97342
RGB	rgb(201, 115, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 29.63, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 50.71, 54.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.0828 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.126 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2040, 25.0756, 8.3500)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97342 #4298C9

analogous

#C94254 #C97342 #C9B742

triadic

#C97342 #42C973 #7342C9

tetradic

#C97342 #54C942 #4298C9 #B742C9

square

#C97342 #54C942 #4298C9 #B742C9

split-complementary

#C97342 #42C9B7 #4254C9

monochromatic

#703D20 #A0572E #C97342 #D79672 #E4BAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C97342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#C97342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97342

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97342	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)

#8B7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 115, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.126 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9c78',
    500: '#c97342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97342;
$custom-light: #df9c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64164,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97342

secondary

#96BBD1

accent

#A8DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97342

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

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