#C97E61#C97E61

#C97E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.103 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E61
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 97)
HSL	hsl(17, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 26.01, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 38.16, 47.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.0764 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.103 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7080, 28.2052, 14.9758)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E61 #61ACC9

analogous

#C96178 #C97E61 #C9B261

triadic

#C97E61 #61C97E #7E61C9

tetradic

#C97E61 #78C961 #61ACC9 #B261C9

square

#C97E61 #78C961 #61ACC9 #B261C9

split-complementary

#C97E61 #61C9B2 #6178C9

monochromatic

#83452D #B05D3C #C97E61 #D9A38F #E8C8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C97E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#C97E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E61

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E61	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91875F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.103 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda48e',
    500: '#c97e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e61;
$custom-light: #dda48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.731,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66557,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E61

secondary

#AECCD8

accent

#B2D94F

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E61

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

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