#C97A45#C97A45

#C97A45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A45
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 69)
HSL	hsl(24, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(24, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 26.04, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 48.94, 57.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0724 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.12 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1236, 26.7694, 9.1043)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A45 #4594C9

analogous

#C94552 #C97A45 #C9BC45

triadic

#C97A45 #45C97A #7A45C9

tetradic

#C97A45 #52C945 #4594C9 #BC45C9

square

#C97A45 #52C945 #4594C9 #BC45C9

split-complementary

#C97A45 #45C9BC #4552C9

monochromatic

#724221 #A25D2F #C97A45 #D79C74 #E5BEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#C97A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#C97A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A45

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A45	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)

#918340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea17a',
    500: '#c97a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a45;
$custom-light: #dea17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65416,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A45

secondary

#98BBD1

accent

#A3DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A45

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

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