#C97C48#C97C48

#C97C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C48
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 72)
HSL	hsl(24, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 25.15, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 47.64, 58.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0702 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.117 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4672, 27.3038, 9.6899)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C48 #4895C9

analogous

#C94854 #C97C48 #C9BC48

triadic

#C97C48 #48C97C #7C48C9

tetradic

#C97C48 #54C948 #4895C9 #BC48C9

square

#C97C48 #54C948 #4895C9 #BC48C9

split-complementary

#C97C48 #48C9BC #4854C9

monochromatic

#744322 #A45F30 #C97C48 #D79E77 #E5C0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#C97C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#C97C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C48

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C48	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea27c',
    500: '#c97c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c48;
$custom-light: #dea27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.186,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65809,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C48

secondary

#9BBCD2

accent

#A2DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C48

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

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