#C97A2E#C97A2E

#C97A2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.132 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A2E
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 46)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 24.86, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 57.84, 64.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0654 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.132 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5427, 26.5371, 6.0453)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A2E #2E7DC9

analogous

#C92E30 #C97A2E #C9C72E

triadic

#C97A2E #2EC97A #7A2EC9

tetradic

#C97A2E #30C92E #2E7DC9 #C72EC9

square

#C97A2E #30C92E #2E7DC9 #C72EC9

split-complementary

#C97A2E #2EC9C7 #2E30C9

monochromatic

#653E17 #975C23 #C97A2E #D9995B #E5B88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#C97A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#C97A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A2E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A2E	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)

#928223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC686B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.132 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa16c',
    500: '#c97a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a2e;
$custom-light: #dfa16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.419,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65179,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A2E

secondary

#84AACF

accent

#95E642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A2E

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

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