#C97E55#C97E55

#C97E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.109 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E55
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 85)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 25.00, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 42.44, 53.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0717 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.109 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1902, 27.9981, 12.2488)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E55 #55A0C9

analogous

#C95566 #C97E55 #C9B855

triadic

#C97E55 #55C97E #7E55C9

tetradic

#C97E55 #66C955 #55A0C9 #B855C9

square

#C97E55 #66C955 #55A0C9 #B855C9

split-complementary

#C97E55 #55C9B8 #5566C9

monochromatic

#7C4527 #AB5F36 #C97E55 #D8A183 #E7C4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#C97E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#C97E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E55

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E55	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.109 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda485',
    500: '#c97e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e55;
$custom-light: #dda485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.207,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66352,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E55

secondary

#A5C4D5

accent

#A9DB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E55

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

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