#C97748#C97748

#C97748 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.120 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97748
RGB	rgb(201, 119, 72)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 27.85, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 48.02, 54.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0784 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.12 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8564, 26.0823, 9.4863)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97748 #489AC9

analogous

#C94859 #C97748 #C9B748

triadic

#C97748 #48C977 #7748C9

tetradic

#C97748 #59C948 #489AC9 #B748C9

square

#C97748 #59C948 #489AC9 #B748C9

split-complementary

#C97748 #48C9B7 #4859C9

monochromatic

#744022 #A45A30 #C97748 #D79A77 #E5BDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#C97748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#C97748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97748

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97748	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)

#8E8144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB676C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 119, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.120 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9f7c',
    500: '#c97748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97748;
$custom-light: #de9f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.86,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6493,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97748

secondary

#9BBED2

accent

#A8DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97748

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

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