#C97C46#C97C46

#C97C46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.118 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C46
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 70)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 25.02, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 48.43, 58.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0695 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.118 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4030, 27.2781, 9.3519)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C46 #4693C9

analogous

#C94651 #C97C46 #C9BE46

triadic

#C97C46 #46C97C #7C46C9

tetradic

#C97C46 #51C946 #4693C9 #BE46C9

square

#C97C46 #51C946 #4693C9 #BE46C9

split-complementary

#C97C46 #46C9BE #4651C9

monochromatic

#734322 #A25F2F #C97C46 #D79E75 #E5BFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#C97C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#C97C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C46

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C46	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#928441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.118 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea27b',
    500: '#c97c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c46;
$custom-light: #dea27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.733,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65783,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C46

secondary

#99BAD2

accent

#A1DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C46

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

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