#C97451#C97451

#C97451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.118 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97451
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 81)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(18, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 30.09, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 45.11, 48.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0866 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.118 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8204, 25.5056, 11.0303)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97451 #51A6C9

analogous

#C9516A #C97451 #C9B051

triadic

#C97451 #51C974 #7451C9

tetradic

#C97451 #6AC951 #51A6C9 #B051C9

square

#C97451 #6AC951 #51A6C9 #B051C9

split-complementary

#C97451 #51C9B0 #516AC9

monochromatic

#7A3E26 #A95634 #C97451 #D79980 #E6BFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C97451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#C97451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97451

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97451	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB656C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.118 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9d82',
    500: '#c97451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97451;
$custom-light: #de9d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64546,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97451

secondary

#A2C5D4

accent

#B2DC4C

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97451

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

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