#C97D49#C97D49

#C97D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.116 H 53.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D49
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 73)
HSL	hsl(24, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 24.67, 40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 47.18, 58.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0689 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.116 53.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6260, 27.5689, 9.9051)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D49 #4995C9

analogous

#C94955 #C97D49 #C9BD49

triadic

#C97D49 #49C97D #7D49C9

tetradic

#C97D49 #55C949 #4995C9 #BD49C9

square

#C97D49 #55C949 #4995C9 #BD49C9

split-complementary

#C97D49 #49C9BD #4955C9

monochromatic

#754423 #A46031 #C97D49 #D79F78 #E5C0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C97D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#C97D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D49

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D49	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#938544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.116 53.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea37d',
    500: '#c97d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d49;
$custom-light: #dea37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.375,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 53.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D49

secondary

#9CBCD2

accent

#A2DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3EE

border

#D5CDC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D49

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

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