#C97D40#C97D40

#C97D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.121 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D40
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 24.11, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 50.79, 61.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0659 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.121 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3489, 27.4581, 8.4458)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D40 #408CC9

analogous

#C94048 #C97D40 #C9C140

triadic

#C97D40 #40C97D #7D40C9

tetradic

#C97D40 #48C940 #408CC9 #C140C9

square

#C97D40 #48C940 #408CC9 #C140C9

split-complementary

#C97D40 #40C9C1 #4048C9

monochromatic

#6F431F #9F602D #C97D40 #D69D70 #E4BE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#C97D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D40

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D40	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.121 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea377',
    500: '#c97d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d40;
$custom-light: #dea377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.715,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65889,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D40

secondary

#94B6D0

accent

#9CDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D40

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

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