#C97457#C97457

#C97457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.115 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97457
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 87)
HSL	hsl(15, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(15, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 30.56, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 43.10, 44.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0889 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.115 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0554, 25.5996, 12.2680)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97457 #57ACC9

analogous

#C95773 #C97457 #C9AD57

triadic

#C97457 #57C974 #7457C9

tetradic

#C97457 #73C957 #57ACC9 #AD57C9

square

#C97457 #73C957 #57ACC9 #AD57C9

split-complementary

#C97457 #57C9AD #5773C9

monochromatic

#7D3E28 #AC5537 #C97457 #D89A85 #E7C1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C97457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#C97457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97457

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97457	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)

#8A7F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA656D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.115 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9d87',
    500: '#c97457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97457;
$custom-light: #de9d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.263,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64644,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97457

secondary

#A7C9D5

accent

#B7DB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97457

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

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