#C97C49#C97C49

#C97C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 52.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C49
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 73)
HSL	hsl(24, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 25.21, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 47.24, 57.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0706 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.117 52.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5000, 27.3170, 9.8631)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C49 #4996C9

analogous

#C94956 #C97C49 #C9BC49

triadic

#C97C49 #49C97C #7C49C9

tetradic

#C97C49 #56C949 #4996C9 #BC49C9

square

#C97C49 #56C949 #4996C9 #BC49C9

split-complementary

#C97C49 #49C9BC #4956C9

monochromatic

#754323 #A45F31 #C97C49 #D79E78 #E5C0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#C97C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#C97C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C49

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C49	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)

#928444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 52.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea27d',
    500: '#c97c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c49;
$custom-light: #dea27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.906,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 52.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C49

secondary

#9CBCD2

accent

#A3DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C49

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

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