#C97A57#C97A57

#C97A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.110 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A57
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 87)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(18, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 27.33, 32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 42.15, 49.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0791 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.11 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7695, 27.0278, 12.5060)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A57 #57A6C9

analogous

#C9576D #C97A57 #C9B357

triadic

#C97A57 #57C97A #7A57C9

tetradic

#C97A57 #6DC957 #57A6C9 #B357C9

square

#C97A57 #6DC957 #57A6C9 #B357C9

split-complementary

#C97A57 #57C9B3 #576DC9

monochromatic

#7D4228 #AC5B37 #C97A57 #D89F85 #E7C3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#C97A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#C97A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A57

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A57	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)

#8F8454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.110 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda187',
    500: '#c97a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a57;
$custom-light: #dda187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.421,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65678,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A57

secondary

#A7C7D5

accent

#AFDB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A57

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

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