#C97542#C97542

#C97542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.124 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97542
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 28.56, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 50.50, 55.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0795 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.124 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4346, 25.5367, 8.4268)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97542 #4296C9

analogous

#C94252 #C97542 #C9B942

triadic

#C97542 #42C975 #7542C9

tetradic

#C97542 #52C942 #4296C9 #B942C9

square

#C97542 #52C942 #4296C9 #B942C9

split-complementary

#C97542 #42C9B9 #4252C9

monochromatic

#703E20 #A0592E #C97542 #D79872 #E4BBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C97542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C97542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97542

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97542	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.124 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d78',
    500: '#c97542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97542;
$custom-light: #df9d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64507,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97542

secondary

#96BBD1

accent

#A6DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97542

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

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