#C2972E#C2972E

#C2972E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2972E
RGB	rgb(194, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 5.98, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 58.27, 84.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0107 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.128 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8100, 33.8022, 7.3280)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2972E #2E59C2

analogous

#C24D2E #C2972E #A3C22E

triadic

#C2972E #2EC297 #972EC2

tetradic

#C2972E #2EC24D #2E59C2 #C22EA3

square

#C2972E #2EC24D #2E59C2 #C22EA3

split-complementary

#C2972E #2EA3C2 #4D2EC2

monochromatic

#5F4A17 #917022 #C2972E #D7B256 #E3C888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C2972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#C2972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2972E

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2972E	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)

#AA971C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b56e',
    500: '#c2972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2972e;
$custom-light: #d9b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.568,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69882,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2972E

secondary

#7F96CC

accent

#72E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2972E

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

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