#C97E62#C97E62

#C97E62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.102 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E62
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 98)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(16, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 51.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 26.10, 27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 37.84, 46.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0768 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.102 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7549, 28.2240, 15.2229)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E62 #62ADC9

analogous

#C96279 #C97E62 #C9B162

triadic

#C97E62 #62C97E #7E62C9

tetradic

#C97E62 #79C962 #62ADC9 #B162C9

square

#C97E62 #79C962 #62ADC9 #B162C9

split-complementary

#C97E62 #62C9B1 #6279C9

monochromatic

#83452D #B15C3D #C97E62 #D9A390 #E8C9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C97E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#C97E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E62

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E62	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)

#918760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.102 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda48f',
    500: '#c97e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e62;
$custom-light: #dda48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.311,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66575,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E62

secondary

#AFCDD8

accent

#B3D84F

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E62

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

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