#C97A56#C97A56

#C97A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.111 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A56
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 86)
HSL	hsl(19, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(19, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 27.25, 32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 42.50, 50.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0787 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.111 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7289, 27.0116, 12.2924)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A56 #56A5C9

analogous

#C9566C #C97A56 #C9B456

triadic

#C97A56 #56C97A #7A56C9

tetradic

#C97A56 #6CC956 #56A5C9 #B456C9

square

#C97A56 #6CC956 #56A5C9 #B456C9

split-complementary

#C97A56 #56C9B4 #566CC9

monochromatic

#7D4228 #AB5B37 #C97A56 #D89F84 #E7C3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#C97A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#C97A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A56

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A56	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.111 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda186',
    500: '#c97a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a56;
$custom-light: #dda186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.783,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65662,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A56

secondary

#A6C6D5

accent

#AEDB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A56

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

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