#C97540#C97540

#C97540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.125 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97540
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 28.44, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 51.27, 56.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.0789 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.125 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3766, 25.5135, 8.1217)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97540 #4094C9

analogous

#C94050 #C97540 #C9BA40

triadic

#C97540 #40C975 #7540C9

tetradic

#C97540 #50C940 #4094C9 #BA40C9

square

#C97540 #50C940 #4094C9 #BA40C9

split-complementary

#C97540 #40C9BA #4050C9

monochromatic

#6F3E1F #9F592D #C97540 #D69770 #E4BA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C97540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#C97540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97540

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97540	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)

#8D7F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.125 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d77',
    500: '#c97540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97540;
$custom-light: #df9d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.212,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64482,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97540

secondary

#94B9D0

accent

#A5DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97540

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

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