#C97E5C#C97E5C

#C97E5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.105 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E5C
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 92)
HSL	hsl(19, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(19, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 54.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 25.57, 30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 39.87, 50.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0744 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.105 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4821, 28.1149, 13.7865)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E5C #5CA7C9

analogous

#C95C70 #C97E5C #C9B55C

triadic

#C97E5C #5CC97E #7E5CC9

tetradic

#C97E5C #70C95C #5CA7C9 #B55CC9

square

#C97E5C #70C95C #5CA7C9 #B55CC9

split-complementary

#C97E5C #5CC9B5 #5C70C9

monochromatic

#80452A #AE5E3A #C97E5C #D8A28A #E7C7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#C97E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#C97E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E5C

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E5C	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.105 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda48a',
    500: '#c97e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e5c;
$custom-light: #dda48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.716,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66468,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E5C

secondary

#AAC9D6

accent

#AEDA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#160F0C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E5C

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

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