#C97D46#C97D46

#C97D46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.118 H 54.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D46
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 70)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 24.47, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 48.38, 59.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0679 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.118 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5289, 27.5301, 9.3939)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D46 #4692C9

analogous

#C94650 #C97D46 #C9BF46

triadic

#C97D46 #46C97D #7D46C9

tetradic

#C97D46 #50C946 #4692C9 #BF46C9

square

#C97D46 #50C946 #4692C9 #BF46C9

split-complementary

#C97D46 #46C9BF #4650C9

monochromatic

#734422 #A2602F #C97D46 #D79E75 #E5C0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#C97D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#C97D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D46

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D46	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.118 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea37b',
    500: '#c97d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d46;
$custom-light: #dea37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.191,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65961,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D46

secondary

#99BAD2

accent

#A0DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D46

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

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