#C97A42#C97A42

#C97A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A42
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(25, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(25, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, 25.86, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 50.12, 58.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0714 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.122 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0328, 26.7331, 8.6262)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A42 #4291C9

analogous

#C9424D #C97A42 #C9BE42

triadic

#C97A42 #42C97A #7A42C9

tetradic

#C97A42 #4DC942 #4291C9 #BE42C9

square

#C97A42 #4DC942 #4291C9 #BE42C9

split-complementary

#C97A42 #42C9BE #424DC9

monochromatic

#704120 #A05D2E #C97A42 #D79B72 #E4BDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#C97A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#C97A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A42

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A42	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91833C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea178',
    500: '#c97a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a42;
$custom-light: #dea178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65379,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A42

secondary

#96B8D1

accent

#A1DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A42

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

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