#C97A50#C97A50

#C97A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.114 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A50
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 80)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 26.79, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 44.70, 53.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0764 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.114 48)
XYZ	xyz(32.4972, 26.9189, 11.0723)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A50 #509FC9

analogous

#C95063 #C97A50 #C9B650

triadic

#C97A50 #50C97A #7A50C9

tetradic

#C97A50 #63C950 #509FC9 #B650C9

square

#C97A50 #63C950 #509FC9 #B650C9

split-complementary

#C97A50 #50C9B6 #5063C9

monochromatic

#794225 #A85C34 #C97A50 #D79E7F #E6C1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C97A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#C97A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A50

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A50	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)

#90834C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.114 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea182',
    500: '#c97a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a50;
$custom-light: #dea182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.826,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65568,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.26916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A50

secondary

#A1C2D4

accent

#AADC4C

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160F0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A50

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

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