#C97D42#C97D42

#C97D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.120 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D42
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(26, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 24.23, 43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 49.98, 61.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.0665 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.12 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4068, 27.4812, 8.7509)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D42 #428EC9

analogous

#C9424B #C97D42 #C9C142

triadic

#C97D42 #42C97D #7D42C9

tetradic

#C97D42 #4BC942 #428EC9 #C142C9

square

#C97D42 #4BC942 #428EC9 #C142C9

split-complementary

#C97D42 #42C9C1 #424BC9

monochromatic

#704320 #A0602E #C97D42 #D79E72 #E4BEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#C97D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#C97D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D42

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D42	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93853C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.120 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea378',
    500: '#c97d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d42;
$custom-light: #dea378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65912,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D42

secondary

#96B7D1

accent

#9DDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D42

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

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