#C97C4E#C97C4E

#C97C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.114 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C4E
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 78)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 25.56, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 45.28, 55.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0724 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.114 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6725, 27.3860, 10.7716)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C4E #4E9BC9

analogous

#C94E5E #C97C4E #C9BA4E

triadic

#C97C4E #4EC97C #7C4EC9

tetradic

#C97C4E #5EC94E #4E9BC9 #BA4EC9

square

#C97C4E #5EC94E #4E9BC9 #BA4EC9

split-complementary

#C97C4E #4EC9BA #4E5EC9

monochromatic

#784425 #A75E33 #C97C4E #D79F7D #E6C1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#C97C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C4E

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C4E	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92854A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.114 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea281',
    500: '#c97c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c4e;
$custom-light: #dea281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.439,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65891,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C4E

secondary

#9FC0D3

accent

#A6DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C4E

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

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