#C97E46#C97E46

#C97E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.118 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E46
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 70)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 23.93, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 48.34, 60.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0662 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.118 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6562, 27.7845, 9.4363)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E46 #4691C9

analogous

#C9464F #C97E46 #C9C046

triadic

#C97E46 #46C97E #7E46C9

tetradic

#C97E46 #4FC946 #4691C9 #C046C9

square

#C97E46 #4FC946 #4691C9 #C046C9

split-complementary

#C97E46 #46C9C0 #464FC9

monochromatic

#734422 #A2612F #C97E46 #D79F75 #E5C0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#C97E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#C97E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E46

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E46	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.118 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea37b',
    500: '#c97e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e46;
$custom-light: #dea37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.649,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6614,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E46

secondary

#99B9D2

accent

#9FDE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E46

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

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