#C97F42#C97F42

#C97F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.119 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97F42
RGB	rgb(201, 127, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 23.14, 44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 49.93, 62.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0633 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.119 58)
XYZ	xyz(32.6626, 27.9927, 8.8362)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97F42 #428CC9

analogous

#C94248 #C97F42 #C9C342

triadic

#C97F42 #42C97F #7F42C9

tetradic

#C97F42 #48C942 #428CC9 #C342C9

square

#C97F42 #48C942 #428CC9 #C342C9

split-complementary

#C97F42 #42C9C3 #4248C9

monochromatic

#704420 #A0612E #C97F42 #D79F72 #E4BFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#C97F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#C97F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97F42

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97F42	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95863C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 127, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.119 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea479',
    500: '#c97f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97f42;
$custom-light: #dea479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66272,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.2799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97F42

secondary

#96B6D1

accent

#9BDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97F42

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

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