#C3972C#C3972C

#C3972C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.129 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3972C
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 77.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 6.34, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 59.18, 83.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0114 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.129 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0291, 33.9196, 7.1372)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3972C #2C58C3

analogous

#C34C2C #C3972C #A3C32C

triadic

#C3972C #2CC397 #972CC3

tetradic

#C3972C #2CC34C #2C58C3 #C32CA3

square

#C3972C #2CC34C #2C58C3 #C32CA3

split-complementary

#C3972C #2CA3C3 #4C2CC3

monochromatic

#5F4A15 #917021 #C3972C #D8B254 #E4C886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C3972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#C3972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3972C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3972C	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)

#AA9719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.129 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab56d',
    500: '#c3972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3972c;
$custom-light: #dab56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.517,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69975,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3972C

secondary

#7E95CD

accent

#72E642

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3972C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →