#C97642#C97642

#C97642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.124 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97642
RGB	rgb(201, 118, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 28.02, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 50.41, 56.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0779 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.124 51)
XYZ	xyz(31.5517, 25.7710, 8.4659)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97642 #4295C9

analogous

#C94252 #C97642 #C9BA42

triadic

#C97642 #42C976 #7642C9

tetradic

#C97642 #52C942 #4295C9 #BA42C9

square

#C97642 #52C942 #4295C9 #BA42C9

split-complementary

#C97642 #42C9BA #4252C9

monochromatic

#703F20 #A05A2E #C97642 #D79972 #E4BBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#C97642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#C97642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97642

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97642	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#8E803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 118, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.124 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9e78',
    500: '#c97642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97642;
$custom-light: #df9e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64679,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.25768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97642

secondary

#96BAD1

accent

#A5DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97642

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

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