#C97E50#C97E50

#C97E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.112 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E50
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 80)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 24.62, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 44.36, 56.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0698 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.112 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9985, 27.9215, 11.2394)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E50 #509BC9

analogous

#C9505F #C97E50 #C9BA50

triadic

#C97E50 #50C97E #7E50C9

tetradic

#C97E50 #5FC950 #509BC9 #BA50C9

square

#C97E50 #5FC950 #509BC9 #BA50C9

split-complementary

#C97E50 #50C9BA #505FC9

monochromatic

#794525 #A86034 #C97E50 #D7A07F #E6C3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C97E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#C97E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E50

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E50	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93864C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6F73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.112 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea482',
    500: '#c97e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e50;
$custom-light: #dea482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.81,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66276,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E50

secondary

#A1C0D4

accent

#A5DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E50

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

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