#C97E48#C97E48

#C97E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.116 H 54.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E48
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 72)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(25, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 24.06, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 47.53, 59.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0669 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.116 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7203, 27.8102, 9.7743)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E48 #4893C9

analogous

#C94852 #C97E48 #C9BE48

triadic

#C97E48 #48C97E #7E48C9

tetradic

#C97E48 #52C948 #4893C9 #BE48C9

square

#C97E48 #52C948 #4893C9 #BE48C9

split-complementary

#C97E48 #48C9BE #4852C9

monochromatic

#744522 #A46130 #C97E48 #D79F77 #E5C1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#C97E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#C97E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E48

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E48	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)

#948643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.116 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea37d',
    500: '#c97e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e48;
$custom-light: #dea37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.116,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66166,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E48

secondary

#9BBBD2

accent

#A0DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E48

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

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