#C2972F#C2972F

#C2972F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2972F
RGB	rgb(194, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 75.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 6.02, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 57.90, 84.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0109 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.127 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8300, 33.8102, 7.4330)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2972F #2F5AC2

analogous

#C24E2F #C2972F #A4C22F

triadic

#C2972F #2FC297 #972FC2

tetradic

#C2972F #2FC24E #2F5AC2 #C22FA4

square

#C2972F #2FC24E #2F5AC2 #C22FA4

split-complementary

#C2972F #2FA4C2 #4E2FC2

monochromatic

#5F4A17 #917123 #C2972F #D6B158 #E2C889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C2972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#C2972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2972F

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2972F	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)

#AA971E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b56f',
    500: '#c2972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2972f;
$custom-light: #d9b56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 60.996,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69889,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2972F

secondary

#8197CC

accent

#73E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2972F

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

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