#C97659#C97659

#C97659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.113 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97659
RGB	rgb(201, 118, 89)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(16, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 29.65, 29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 42.09, 45.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0864 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.113 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3712, 26.0988, 12.7820)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97659 #59ACC9

analogous

#C95974 #C97659 #C9AE59

triadic

#C97659 #59C976 #7659C9

tetradic

#C97659 #74C959 #59ACC9 #AE59C9

square

#C97659 #74C959 #59ACC9 #AE59C9

split-complementary

#C97659 #59C9AE #5974C9

monochromatic

#7E3F29 #AD5638 #C97659 #D89C87 #E7C2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#C97659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#C97659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97659

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97659	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA686F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 118, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.113 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9e88',
    500: '#c97659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97659;
$custom-light: #dd9e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.536,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6502,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97659

secondary

#A8CAD6

accent

#B6DA4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2F0

border

#D5CCCB

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97659

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

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