#C97D4E#C97D4E

#C97D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.113 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D4E
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 78)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 25.01, 37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 45.21, 56.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0707 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.113 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7985, 27.6379, 10.8136)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D4E #4E9AC9

analogous

#C94E5C #C97D4E #C9BB4E

triadic

#C97D4E #4EC97D #7D4EC9

tetradic

#C97D4E #5CC94E #4E9AC9 #BB4EC9

square

#C97D4E #5CC94E #4E9AC9 #BB4EC9

split-complementary

#C97D4E #4EC9BB #4E5CC9

monochromatic

#784425 #A75F33 #C97D4E #D79F7D #E6C2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C97D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#C97D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D4E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D4E	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92854A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.113 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea381',
    500: '#c97d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d4e;
$custom-light: #dea381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.927,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66069,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D4E

secondary

#9FC0D3

accent

#A5DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D4E

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

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