#C97B49#C97B49

#C97B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B49
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 73)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 25.76, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 47.30, 57.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0722 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.117 52)
XYZ	xyz(32.3754, 27.0676, 9.8216)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B49 #4997C9

analogous

#C94957 #C97B49 #C9BB49

triadic

#C97B49 #49C97B #7B49C9

tetradic

#C97B49 #57C949 #4997C9 #BB49C9

square

#C97B49 #57C949 #4997C9 #BB49C9

split-complementary

#C97B49 #49C9BB #4957C9

monochromatic

#754323 #A45E31 #C97B49 #D79D78 #E5BFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C97B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#C97B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B49

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B49	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea17d',
    500: '#c97b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b49;
$custom-light: #dea17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.438,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65645,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.27064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B49

secondary

#9CBDD2

accent

#A4DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B49

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

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