#C97B40#C97B40

#C97B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.122 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B40
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(26, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 25.20, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 50.86, 60.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.0691 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.122 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0983, 26.9568, 8.3622)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B40 #408EC9

analogous

#C9404A #C97B40 #C9BF40

triadic

#C97B40 #40C97B #7B40C9

tetradic

#C97B40 #4AC940 #408EC9 #BF40C9

square

#C97B40 #4AC940 #408EC9 #BF40C9

split-complementary

#C97B40 #40C9BF #404AC9

monochromatic

#6F421F #9F5E2D #C97B40 #D69C70 #E4BD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C97B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#C97B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B40

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B40	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92833A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6B6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.122 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea177',
    500: '#c97b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b40;
$custom-light: #dea177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.839,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65533,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B40

secondary

#94B7D0

accent

#9EDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B40

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

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