#C97442#C97442

#C97442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.125 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97442
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 29.09, 41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 50.60, 54.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.0812 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.125 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3187, 25.3049, 8.3882)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97442 #4297C9

analogous

#C94254 #C97442 #C9B742

triadic

#C97442 #42C974 #7442C9

tetradic

#C97442 #54C942 #4297C9 #B742C9

square

#C97442 #54C942 #4297C9 #B742C9

split-complementary

#C97442 #42C9B7 #4254C9

monochromatic

#703E20 #A0582E #C97442 #D79772 #E4BAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C97442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#C97442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97442

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97442	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.125 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d78',
    500: '#c97442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97442;
$custom-light: #df9d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64335,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97442

secondary

#96BBD1

accent

#A7DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97442

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

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