#C97E51#C97E51

#C97E51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.111 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E51
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 81)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 24.69, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 43.97, 55.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0702 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.111 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0357, 27.9364, 11.4354)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E51 #519CC9

analogous

#C95160 #C97E51 #C9BA51

triadic

#C97E51 #51C97E #7E51C9

tetradic

#C97E51 #60C951 #519CC9 #BA51C9

square

#C97E51 #60C951 #519CC9 #BA51C9

split-complementary

#C97E51 #51C9BA #5160C9

monochromatic

#7A4526 #A96034 #C97E51 #D7A180 #E6C3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C97E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#C97E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E51

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E51	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93864D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.111 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea483',
    500: '#c97e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e51;
$custom-light: #dea483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66291,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E51

secondary

#A2C1D4

accent

#A6DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E51

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

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