#C97A4E#C97A4E

#C97A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.115 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A4E
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 78)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 26.64, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 45.45, 54.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0757 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.115 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4244, 26.8898, 10.6889)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A4E #4E9DC9

analogous

#C94E60 #C97A4E #C9B74E

triadic

#C97A4E #4EC97A #7A4EC9

tetradic

#C97A4E #60C94E #4E9DC9 #B74EC9

square

#C97A4E #60C94E #4E9DC9 #B74EC9

split-complementary

#C97A4E #4EC9B7 #4E60C9

monochromatic

#784225 #A75C33 #C97A4E #D79D7D #E6C0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C97A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#C97A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A4E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A4E	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90834A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.115 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea180',
    500: '#c97a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a4e;
$custom-light: #dea180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.463,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65538,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A4E

secondary

#9FC1D3

accent

#A9DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A4E

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

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