#C2972A#C2972A

#C2972A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.130 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2972A
RGB	rgb(194, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 78.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 5.82, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 59.70, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0098 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.13 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7348, 33.7721, 6.9319)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2972A #2A55C2

analogous

#C24B2A #C2972A #A1C22A

triadic

#C2972A #2AC297 #972AC2

tetradic

#C2972A #2AC24B #2A55C2 #C22AA1

square

#C2972A #2AC24B #2A55C2 #C22AA1

split-complementary

#C2972A #2AA1C2 #4B2AC2

monochromatic

#5D4914 #90701F #C2972A #D9B250 #E4C882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C2972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#C2972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2972A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2972A	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.130 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b56c',
    500: '#c2972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2972a;
$custom-light: #d9b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.026,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69855,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2972A

secondary

#7B92CD

accent

#70E740

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2972A

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

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