#C97A40#C97A40

#C97A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.123 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A40
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 64)
HSL	hsl(25, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(25, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 25.74, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 50.91, 59.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.0707 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.123 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9748, 26.7099, 8.3211)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A40 #408FC9

analogous

#C9404B #C97A40 #C9BE40

triadic

#C97A40 #40C97A #7A40C9

tetradic

#C97A40 #4BC940 #408FC9 #BE40C9

square

#C97A40 #4BC940 #408FC9 #BE40C9

split-complementary

#C97A40 #40C9BE #404BC9

monochromatic

#6F411F #9F5D2D #C97A40 #D69B70 #E4BC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#C97A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#C97A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A40

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A40	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91823A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.123 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa177',
    500: '#c97a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a40;
$custom-light: #dfa177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.401,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65355,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A40

secondary

#94B7D0

accent

#9FDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A40

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

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