#C2972B#C2972B

#C2972B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.129 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2972B
RGB	rgb(194, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 77.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 5.85, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 59.35, 84.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.01 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.129 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7529, 33.7794, 7.0274)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2972B #2B56C2

analogous

#C24C2B #C2972B #A2C22B

triadic

#C2972B #2BC297 #972BC2

tetradic

#C2972B #2BC24C #2B56C2 #C22BA2

square

#C2972B #2BC24C #2B56C2 #C22BA2

split-complementary

#C2972B #2BA2C2 #4C2BC2

monochromatic

#5E4915 #907020 #C2972B #D9B252 #E4C884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C2972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#C2972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2972B

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2972B	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.129 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b56d',
    500: '#c2972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2972b;
$custom-light: #d9b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.914,
    "s": 63.713,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69862,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2972B

secondary

#7C93CD

accent

#70E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2972B

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

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