#C97545#C97545

#C97545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.123 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97545
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 69)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(22, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 28.74, 40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 49.36, 54.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0806 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.123 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5254, 25.5730, 8.9049)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97545 #4599C9

analogous

#C94557 #C97545 #C9B745

triadic

#C97545 #45C975 #7545C9

tetradic

#C97545 #57C945 #4599C9 #B745C9

square

#C97545 #57C945 #4599C9 #B745C9

split-complementary

#C97545 #45C9B7 #4557C9

monochromatic

#723F21 #A2592F #C97545 #D79874 #E5BBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C97545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C97545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97545

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97545	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#8C7F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB646A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.123 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9d7a',
    500: '#c97545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97545;
$custom-light: #de9d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64545,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97545

secondary

#98BDD1

accent

#A8DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97545

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

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