#C97757#C97757

#C97757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.113 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97757
RGB	rgb(201, 119, 87)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, 28.95, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 42.59, 47.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.084 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.113 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4068, 26.3024, 12.3852)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97757 #57A9C9

analogous

#C95770 #C97757 #C9B057

triadic

#C97757 #57C977 #7757C9

tetradic

#C97757 #70C957 #57A9C9 #B057C9

square

#C97757 #70C957 #57A9C9 #B057C9

split-complementary

#C97757 #57C9B0 #5770C9

monochromatic

#7D4028 #AC5837 #C97757 #D89C85 #E7C2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#C97757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#C97757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97757

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97757	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA696F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 119, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.113 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9f87',
    500: '#c97757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97757;
$custom-light: #dd9f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.842,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65157,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97757

secondary

#A7C8D5

accent

#B3DB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97757

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

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