#C3972B#C3972B

#C3972B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.130 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3972B
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 77.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 6.30, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 59.53, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0112 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.13 85)
XYZ	xyz(34.0105, 33.9122, 7.0394)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3972B #2B57C3

analogous

#C34B2B #C3972B #A3C32B

triadic

#C3972B #2BC397 #972BC3

tetradic

#C3972B #2BC34B #2B57C3 #C32BA3

square

#C3972B #2BC34B #2B57C3 #C32BA3

split-complementary

#C3972B #2BA3C3 #4B2BC3

monochromatic

#5F4915 #917020 #C3972B #D9B252 #E4C884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C3972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#C3972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3972B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3972B	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab56d',
    500: '#c3972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3972b;
$custom-light: #dab56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 63.866,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69969,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.3391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3972B

secondary

#7D94CD

accent

#71E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3972B

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

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