#C97B42#C97B42

#C97B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.121 H 54.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B42
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 66)
HSL	hsl(25, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(25, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 25.32, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 50.07, 59.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.0698 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.121 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1562, 26.9799, 8.6674)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B42 #4290C9

analogous

#C9424D #C97B42 #C9BE42

triadic

#C97B42 #42C97B #7B42C9

tetradic

#C97B42 #4DC942 #4290C9 #BE42C9

square

#C97B42 #4DC942 #4290C9 #BE42C9

split-complementary

#C97B42 #42C9BE #424DC9

monochromatic

#704220 #A05E2E #C97B42 #D79C72 #E4BDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#C97B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#C97B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B42

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B42	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)

#92833C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6B6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.121 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea178',
    500: '#c97b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b42;
$custom-light: #dea178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65556,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B42

secondary

#96B8D1

accent

#A0DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B42

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

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