#C97D61#C97D61

#C97D61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D61
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 97)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(16, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 26.56, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 38.32, 46.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0781 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.103 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5807, 27.9508, 14.9334)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D61 #61ADC9

analogous

#C96179 #C97D61 #C9B161

triadic

#C97D61 #61C97D #7D61C9

tetradic

#C97D61 #79C961 #61ADC9 #B161C9

square

#C97D61 #79C961 #61ADC9 #B161C9

split-complementary

#C97D61 #61C9B1 #6179C9

monochromatic

#83442D #B05C3C #C97D61 #D9A38F #E8C8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C97D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#C97D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D61

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D61	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90865F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda38e',
    500: '#c97d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d61;
$custom-light: #dda38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.154,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6638,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D61

secondary

#AECCD8

accent

#B4D94F

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D61

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

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