#C97857#C97857

#C97857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.112 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97857
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 87)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, 28.41, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 42.43, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0824 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.112 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5264, 26.5417, 12.4250)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97857 #57A8C9

analogous

#C9576F #C97857 #C9B157

triadic

#C97857 #57C978 #7857C9

tetradic

#C97857 #6FC957 #57A8C9 #B157C9

square

#C97857 #6FC957 #57A8C9 #B157C9

split-complementary

#C97857 #57C9B1 #576FC9

monochromatic

#7D4128 #AC5937 #C97857 #D89D85 #E7C2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#C97857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#C97857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97857

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97857	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.112 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda087',
    500: '#c97857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97857;
$custom-light: #dda087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.368,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6533,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97857

secondary

#A7C8D5

accent

#B2DB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97857

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

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