#C3972D#C3972D

#C3972D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3972D
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 76.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 6.38, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 58.82, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0116 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.128 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0481, 33.9272, 7.2374)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3972D #2D59C3

analogous

#C34C2D #C3972D #A4C32D

triadic

#C3972D #2DC397 #972DC3

tetradic

#C3972D #2DC34C #2D59C3 #C32DA4

square

#C3972D #2DC34C #2D59C3 #C32DA4

split-complementary

#C3972D #2DA4C3 #4C2DC3

monochromatic

#604A16 #917022 #C3972D #D8B255 #E3C887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C3972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#C3972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3972D

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3972D	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)

#AA971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab56e',
    500: '#c3972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3972d;
$custom-light: #dab56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69982,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3972D

secondary

#7F96CD

accent

#72E642

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3972D

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

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