#C2972D#C2972D

#C2972D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2972D
RGB	rgb(194, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 5.93, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 58.64, 84.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0104 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.128 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7905, 33.7944, 7.2254)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2972D #2D58C2

analogous

#C24D2D #C2972D #A2C22D

triadic

#C2972D #2DC297 #972DC2

tetradic

#C2972D #2DC24D #2D58C2 #C22DA2

square

#C2972D #2DC24D #2D58C2 #C22DA2

split-complementary

#C2972D #2DA2C2 #4D2DC2

monochromatic

#5F4A16 #907021 #C2972D #D7B255 #E3C886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C2972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#C2972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2972D

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2972D	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)

#AA971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b56e',
    500: '#c2972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2972d;
$custom-light: #d9b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.685,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69875,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2972D

secondary

#7E95CD

accent

#71E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2972D

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

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