#C97656#C97656

#C97656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97656
RGB	rgb(201, 118, 86)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 29.40, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 43.08, 46.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0853 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.114 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2478, 26.0494, 12.1320)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97656 #56A9C9

analogous

#C95670 #C97656 #C9B056

triadic

#C97656 #56C976 #7656C9

tetradic

#C97656 #70C956 #56A9C9 #B056C9

square

#C97656 #70C956 #56A9C9 #B056C9

split-complementary

#C97656 #56C9B0 #5670C9

monochromatic

#7D3F28 #AB5737 #C97656 #D89C84 #E7C1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#C97656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#C97656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97656

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97656	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 118, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9e86',
    500: '#c97656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97656;
$custom-light: #de9e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.696,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64969,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97656

secondary

#A6C8D5

accent

#B3DB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97656

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

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