#C97557#C97557

#C97557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.114 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97557
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 87)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 30.02, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 42.92, 45.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.0873 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.114 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1713, 25.8314, 12.3066)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97557 #57ABC9

analogous

#C95772 #C97557 #C9AE57

triadic

#C97557 #57C975 #7557C9

tetradic

#C97557 #72C957 #57ABC9 #AE57C9

square

#C97557 #72C957 #57ABC9 #AE57C9

split-complementary

#C97557 #57C9AE #5772C9

monochromatic

#7D3F28 #AC5637 #C97557 #D89B85 #E7C1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#C97557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#C97557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97557

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97557	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA666E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.114 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9d87',
    500: '#c97557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97557;
$custom-light: #de9d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64814,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97557

secondary

#A7C9D5

accent

#B5DB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97557

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

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