#C97D44#C97D44

#C97D44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.119 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D44
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 68)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 24.35, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 49.18, 60.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0672 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.119 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4668, 27.5052, 9.0669)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D44 #4490C9

analogous

#C9444D #C97D44 #C9BF44

triadic

#C97D44 #44C97D #7D44C9

tetradic

#C97D44 #4DC944 #4490C9 #BF44C9

square

#C97D44 #4DC944 #4490C9 #BF44C9

split-complementary

#C97D44 #44C9BF #444DC9

monochromatic

#724421 #A1602F #C97D44 #D79E73 #E4BFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#C97D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#C97D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D44

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D44	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)

#93853E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.119 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea37a',
    500: '#c97d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d44;
$custom-light: #dea37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65936,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D44

secondary

#98B9D1

accent

#9FDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D44

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

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