#C97842#C97842

#C97842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.123 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97842
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(24, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, 26.94, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 50.26, 57.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0747 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.123 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7897, 26.2470, 8.5452)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97842 #4293C9

analogous

#C9424F #C97842 #C9BC42

triadic

#C97842 #42C978 #7842C9

tetradic

#C97842 #4FC942 #4293C9 #BC42C9

square

#C97842 #4FC942 #4293C9 #BC42C9

split-complementary

#C97842 #42C9BC #424FC9

monochromatic

#704020 #A05B2E #C97842 #D79A72 #E4BCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#C97842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#C97842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97842

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97842	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB686C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.123 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9f78',
    500: '#c97842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97842;
$custom-light: #de9f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65027,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97842

secondary

#96B9D1

accent

#A3DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97842

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

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