#C97C42#C97C42

#C97C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C42
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(26, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 24.77, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 50.02, 60.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0681 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.121 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2809, 27.2293, 8.7089)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C42 #428FC9

analogous

#C9424B #C97C42 #C9C042

triadic

#C97C42 #42C97C #7C42C9

tetradic

#C97C42 #4BC942 #428FC9 #C042C9

square

#C97C42 #4BC942 #428FC9 #C042C9

split-complementary

#C97C42 #42C9C0 #424BC9

monochromatic

#704320 #A05F2E #C97C42 #D79D72 #E4BEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C97C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#C97C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C42

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C42	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)

#93843C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea278',
    500: '#c97c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c42;
$custom-light: #dea278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65734,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C42

secondary

#96B8D1

accent

#9EDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C42

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

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