#C97A46#C97A46

#C97A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A46
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 70)
HSL	hsl(24, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(24, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 26.10, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 48.55, 57.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0728 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.12 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1549, 26.7819, 9.2692)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A46 #4695C9

analogous

#C94653 #C97A46 #C9BC46

triadic

#C97A46 #46C97A #7A46C9

tetradic

#C97A46 #53C946 #4695C9 #BC46C9

square

#C97A46 #53C946 #4695C9 #BC46C9

split-complementary

#C97A46 #46C9BC #4653C9

monochromatic

#734222 #A25D2F #C97A46 #D79C75 #E5BEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#C97A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#C97A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A46

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A46	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea17b',
    500: '#c97a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a46;
$custom-light: #dea17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.817,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65429,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A46

secondary

#99BBD2

accent

#A3DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A46

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

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