#C97551#C97551

#C97551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.117 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97551
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 81)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(18, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 29.56, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 44.96, 48.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.085 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.117 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9362, 25.7374, 11.0689)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97551 #51A5C9

analogous

#C95169 #C97551 #C9B151

triadic

#C97551 #51C975 #7551C9

tetradic

#C97551 #69C951 #51A5C9 #B151C9

square

#C97551 #69C951 #51A5C9 #B151C9

split-complementary

#C97551 #51C9B1 #5169C9

monochromatic

#7A3F26 #A95734 #C97551 #D79A80 #E6BFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#C97551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#C97551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97551

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97551	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B804E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.117 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9d82',
    500: '#c97551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97551;
$custom-light: #de9d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64716,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97551

secondary

#A2C5D4

accent

#B1DC4C

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97551

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

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