#C97C40#C97C40

#C97C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C40
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(26, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 24.66, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 50.82, 60.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0675 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.122 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2230, 27.2061, 8.4038)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C40 #408DC9

analogous

#C94049 #C97C40 #C9C040

triadic

#C97C40 #40C97C #7C40C9

tetradic

#C97C40 #49C940 #408DC9 #C040C9

square

#C97C40 #49C940 #408DC9 #C040C9

split-complementary

#C97C40 #40C9C0 #4049C9

monochromatic

#6F421F #9F5F2D #C97C40 #D69D70 #E4BD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C97C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#C97C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C40

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C40	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93843A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea277',
    500: '#c97c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c40;
$custom-light: #dea277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.277,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6571,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C40

secondary

#94B6D0

accent

#9DDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C40

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

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