#C97D43#C97D43

#C97D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.120 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D43
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 67)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(26, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 24.29, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 49.58, 60.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0669 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.12 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4366, 27.4931, 8.9075)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D43 #438FC9

analogous

#C9434C #C97D43 #C9C043

triadic

#C97D43 #43C97D #7D43C9

tetradic

#C97D43 #4CC943 #438FC9 #C043C9

square

#C97D43 #4CC943 #438FC9 #C043C9

split-complementary

#C97D43 #43C9C0 #434CC9

monochromatic

#714320 #A1602E #C97D43 #D79E73 #E4BFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#C97D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#C97D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D43

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D43	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)

#93853D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.120 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea379',
    500: '#c97d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d43;
$custom-light: #dea379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.97,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65924,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D43

secondary

#97B8D1

accent

#9EDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D43

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →