#C97546#C97546

#C97546 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.122 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97546
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 70)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(22, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 28.80, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 48.98, 53.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.0809 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.122 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5567, 25.5855, 9.0698)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97546 #469AC9

analogous

#C94658 #C97546 #C9B746

triadic

#C97546 #46C975 #7546C9

tetradic

#C97546 #58C946 #469AC9 #B746C9

square

#C97546 #58C946 #469AC9 #B746C9

split-complementary

#C97546 #46C9B7 #4658C9

monochromatic

#733F22 #A2592F #C97546 #D79875 #E5BCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C97546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#C97546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97546

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97546	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)

#8C7F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.122 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9d7b',
    500: '#c97546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97546;
$custom-light: #de9d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.527,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64558,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97546

secondary

#99BDD2

accent

#A9DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97546

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

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