#C97A49#C97A49

#C97A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A49
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 73)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 26.30, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 47.38, 56.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0738 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.118 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2519, 26.8208, 9.7804)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A49 #4998C9

analogous

#C94958 #C97A49 #C9BA49

triadic

#C97A49 #49C97A #7A49C9

tetradic

#C97A49 #58C949 #4998C9 #BA49C9

square

#C97A49 #58C949 #4998C9 #BA49C9

split-complementary

#C97A49 #49C9BA #4958C9

monochromatic

#754223 #A45D31 #C97A49 #D79C78 #E5BFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#C97A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#C97A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A49

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A49	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)

#908344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea17d',
    500: '#c97a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a49;
$custom-light: #dea17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.969,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65468,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A49

secondary

#9CBDD2

accent

#A5DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A49

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

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