#C97D51#C97D51

#C97D51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.112 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D51
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 81)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 25.23, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 44.05, 55.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0719 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.112 50)
XYZ	xyz(32.9085, 27.6819, 11.3930)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D51 #519DC9

analogous

#C95161 #C97D51 #C9B951

triadic

#C97D51 #51C97D #7D51C9

tetradic

#C97D51 #61C951 #519DC9 #B951C9

square

#C97D51 #61C951 #519DC9 #B951C9

split-complementary

#C97D51 #51C9B9 #5161C9

monochromatic

#7A4526 #A95F34 #C97D51 #D7A080 #E6C3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C97D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#C97D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D51

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D51	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92854D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.112 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea383',
    500: '#c97d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d51;
$custom-light: #dea383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66113,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.27679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D51

secondary

#A2C2D4

accent

#A7DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D51

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

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