#C97D45#C97D45

#C97D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.119 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D45
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 69)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(25, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 24.41, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 48.78, 59.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.0675 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.119 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4976, 27.5175, 9.2290)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D45 #4591C9

analogous

#C9454F #C97D45 #C9BF45

triadic

#C97D45 #45C97D #7D45C9

tetradic

#C97D45 #4FC945 #4591C9 #BF45C9

square

#C97D45 #4FC945 #4591C9 #BF45C9

split-complementary

#C97D45 #45C9BF #454FC9

monochromatic

#724421 #A2602F #C97D45 #D79E74 #E5BFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#C97D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#C97D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D45

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D45	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)

#93853F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.119 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea37a',
    500: '#c97d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d45;
$custom-light: #dea37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65949,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D45

secondary

#98B9D1

accent

#9FDE49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D45

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

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