#C97E44#C97E44

#C97E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.119 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E44
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 68)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 23.81, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 49.15, 61.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.0656 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.119 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5941, 27.7597, 9.1093)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E44 #448FC9

analogous

#C9444D #C97E44 #C9C044

triadic

#C97E44 #44C97E #7E44C9

tetradic

#C97E44 #4DC944 #448FC9 #C044C9

square

#C97E44 #4DC944 #448FC9 #C044C9

split-complementary

#C97E44 #44C9C0 #444DC9

monochromatic

#724421 #A1612F #C97E44 #D79F73 #E4C0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C97E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#C97E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E44

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E44	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)

#94863E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.119 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea37a',
    500: '#c97e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e44;
$custom-light: #dea37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.165,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66116,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E44

secondary

#98B8D1

accent

#9DDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E44

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

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