#C97B56#C97B56

#C97B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.110 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B56
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 86)
HSL	hsl(19, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(19, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 26.70, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 42.38, 50.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.077 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.11 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8523, 27.2584, 12.3335)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B56 #56A4C9

analogous

#C9566B #C97B56 #C9B556

triadic

#C97B56 #56C97B #7B56C9

tetradic

#C97B56 #6BC956 #56A4C9 #B556C9

square

#C97B56 #6BC956 #56A4C9 #B556C9

split-complementary

#C97B56 #56C9B5 #566BC9

monochromatic

#7D4328 #AB5C37 #C97B56 #D89F84 #E7C3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C97B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#C97B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B56

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B56	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.110 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda286',
    500: '#c97b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b56;
$custom-light: #dda286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.304,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65837,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B56

secondary

#A6C6D5

accent

#ADDB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF3EF

border

#D5CDCA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B56

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

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