#C97E42#C97E42

#C97E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.120 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E42
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 23.69, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 49.95, 61.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.0649 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.12 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5341, 27.7357, 8.7933)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E42 #428DC9

analogous

#C94249 #C97E42 #C9C242

triadic

#C97E42 #42C97E #7E42C9

tetradic

#C97E42 #49C942 #428DC9 #C242C9

square

#C97E42 #49C942 #428DC9 #C242C9

split-complementary

#C97E42 #42C9C2 #4249C9

monochromatic

#704420 #A0612E #C97E42 #D79E72 #E4BFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C97E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#C97E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E42

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E42	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.120 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea379',
    500: '#c97e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e42;
$custom-light: #dea379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66092,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E42

secondary

#96B7D1

accent

#9CDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E42

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

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