#C97E45#C97E45

#C97E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.118 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E45
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 69)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 23.87, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 48.74, 60.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.0659 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.118 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6248, 27.7720, 9.2714)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E45 #4590C9

analogous

#C9454E #C97E45 #C9C045

triadic

#C97E45 #45C97E #7E45C9

tetradic

#C97E45 #4EC945 #4590C9 #C045C9

square

#C97E45 #4EC945 #4590C9 #C045C9

split-complementary

#C97E45 #45C9C0 #454EC9

monochromatic

#724421 #A2612F #C97E45 #D79F74 #E5C0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#C97E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#C97E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E45

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E45	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#94863F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.118 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea37b',
    500: '#c97e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e45;
$custom-light: #dea37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66128,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E45

secondary

#98B9D1

accent

#9EDE49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E45

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

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