#C97E57#C97E57

#C97E57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.108 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E57
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 87)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 25.16, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 41.69, 52.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0725 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.108 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2707, 28.0304, 12.6731)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E57 #57A2C9

analogous

#C95769 #C97E57 #C9B757

triadic

#C97E57 #57C97E #7E57C9

tetradic

#C97E57 #69C957 #57A2C9 #B757C9

square

#C97E57 #69C957 #57A2C9 #B757C9

split-complementary

#C97E57 #57C9B7 #5769C9

monochromatic

#7D4528 #AC5F37 #C97E57 #D8A285 #E7C5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#C97E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#C97E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E57

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E57	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.108 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda487',
    500: '#c97e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e57;
$custom-light: #dda487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.526,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66384,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E57

secondary

#A7C5D5

accent

#AADB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E57

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

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