#C97E63#C97E63

#C97E63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.102 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E63
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 99)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(16, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 50.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, 26.20, 26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 37.51, 45.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0772 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.102 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8024, 28.2430, 15.4732)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E63 #63AEC9

analogous

#C9637B #C97E63 #C9B163

triadic

#C97E63 #63C97E #7E63C9

tetradic

#C97E63 #7BC963 #63AEC9 #B163C9

square

#C97E63 #7BC963 #63AEC9 #B163C9

split-complementary

#C97E63 #63C9B1 #637BC9

monochromatic

#84452E #B15C3D #C97E63 #D9A490 #E8C9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C97E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#C97E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E63

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E63	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.102 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda48f',
    500: '#c97e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e63;
$custom-light: #dda48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.882,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66594,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E63

secondary

#B0CDD8

accent

#B4D850

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E63

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

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