#C97A48#C97A48

#C97A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A48
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 72)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 26.23, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 47.77, 56.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0735 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.118 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2191, 26.8076, 9.6072)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A48 #4897C9

analogous

#C94856 #C97A48 #C9BA48

triadic

#C97A48 #48C97A #7A48C9

tetradic

#C97A48 #56C948 #4897C9 #BA48C9

square

#C97A48 #56C948 #4897C9 #BA48C9

split-complementary

#C97A48 #48C9BA #4856C9

monochromatic

#744222 #A45D30 #C97A48 #D79C77 #E5BFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#C97A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#C97A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A48

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A48	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)

#908343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea17c',
    500: '#c97a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a48;
$custom-light: #dea17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.256,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65455,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A48

secondary

#9BBDD2

accent

#A5DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A48

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

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