#C97F40#C97F40

#C97F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.121 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97F40
RGB	rgb(201, 127, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 23.02, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 50.74, 63.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.0626 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.121 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6046, 27.9695, 8.5310)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97F40 #408AC9

analogous

#C94046 #C97F40 #C9C340

triadic

#C97F40 #40C97F #7F40C9

tetradic

#C97F40 #46C940 #408AC9 #C340C9

square

#C97F40 #46C940 #408AC9 #C340C9

split-complementary

#C97F40 #40C9C3 #4046C9

monochromatic

#6F441F #9F612D #C97F40 #D69F70 #E4BF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C97F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#C97F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97F40

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97F40	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 127, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.121 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea477',
    500: '#c97f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97f40;
$custom-light: #dea477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.591,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66249,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97F40

secondary

#94B5D0

accent

#9ADF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97F40

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

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