#C97E40#C97E40

#C97E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.121 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E40
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 23.57, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 50.76, 62.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0642 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.121 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4761, 27.7125, 8.4882)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E40 #408BC9

analogous

#C94047 #C97E40 #C9C240

triadic

#C97E40 #40C97E #7E40C9

tetradic

#C97E40 #47C940 #408BC9 #C240C9

square

#C97E40 #47C940 #408BC9 #C240C9

split-complementary

#C97E40 #40C9C2 #4047C9

monochromatic

#6F441F #9F602D #C97E40 #D69E70 #E4BE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C97E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#C97E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E40

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E40	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)

#94853A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.121 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea377',
    500: '#c97e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e40;
$custom-light: #dea377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.153,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66069,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E40

secondary

#94B5D0

accent

#9BDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E40

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

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