#C97456#C97456

#C97456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.116 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97456
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 86)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 30.48, 30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 43.42, 45.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0885 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.116 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0148, 25.5834, 12.0543)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97456 #56ABC9

analogous

#C95672 #C97456 #C9AE56

triadic

#C97456 #56C974 #7456C9

tetradic

#C97456 #72C956 #56ABC9 #AE56C9

square

#C97456 #72C956 #56ABC9 #AE56C9

split-complementary

#C97456 #56C9AE #5672C9

monochromatic

#7D3E28 #AB5537 #C97456 #D89A84 #E7C0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C97456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#C97456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97456

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97456	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA656D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.116 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9d86',
    500: '#c97456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97456;
$custom-light: #de9d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64627,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97456

secondary

#A6C9D5

accent

#B6DB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97456

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

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