#C97B45#C97B45

#C97B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B45
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 69)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(25, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 25.50, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 48.88, 58.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.0708 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.12 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2470, 27.0163, 9.1455)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B45 #4593C9

analogous

#C94551 #C97B45 #C9BD45

triadic

#C97B45 #45C97B #7B45C9

tetradic

#C97B45 #51C945 #4593C9 #BD45C9

square

#C97B45 #51C945 #4593C9 #BD45C9

split-complementary

#C97B45 #45C9BD #4551C9

monochromatic

#724221 #A25E2F #C97B45 #D79D74 #E5BEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#C97B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#C97B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B45

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B45	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)

#918340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea17a',
    500: '#c97b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b45;
$custom-light: #dea17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65593,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B45

secondary

#98BAD1

accent

#A1DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B45

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

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