#C97B50#C97B50

#C97B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.113 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B50
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 80)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 26.24, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 44.60, 53.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0748 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.113 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6206, 27.1657, 11.1134)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B50 #509EC9

analogous

#C95062 #C97B50 #C9B750

triadic

#C97B50 #50C97B #7B50C9

tetradic

#C97B50 #62C950 #509EC9 #B750C9

square

#C97B50 #62C950 #509EC9 #B750C9

split-complementary

#C97B50 #50C9B7 #5062C9

monochromatic

#794325 #A85D34 #C97B50 #D79E7F #E6C2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C97B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#C97B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B50

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B50	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90844C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.113 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea282',
    500: '#c97b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b50;
$custom-light: #dea282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.322,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65744,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B50

secondary

#A1C2D4

accent

#A9DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF3EF

border

#D5CDCA

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B50

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

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