#C97D48#C97D48

#C97D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.117 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D48
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 72)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(25, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 24.60, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 47.58, 58.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.0686 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.117 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5931, 27.5557, 9.7319)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D48 #4894C9

analogous

#C94853 #C97D48 #C9BD48

triadic

#C97D48 #48C97D #7D48C9

tetradic

#C97D48 #53C948 #4894C9 #BD48C9

square

#C97D48 #53C948 #4894C9 #BD48C9

split-complementary

#C97D48 #48C9BD #4853C9

monochromatic

#744422 #A46030 #C97D48 #D79F77 #E5C0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#C97D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#C97D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D48

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D48	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)

#938543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.117 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea37c',
    500: '#c97d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d48;
$custom-light: #dea37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.651,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65987,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D48

secondary

#9BBBD2

accent

#A1DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D48

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

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