#C3972E#C3972E

#C3972E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3972E
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 76.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 6.42, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 58.46, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0119 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.128 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0676, 33.9350, 7.3400)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3972E #2E5AC3

analogous

#C34D2E #C3972E #A5C32E

triadic

#C3972E #2EC397 #972EC3

tetradic

#C3972E #2EC34D #2E5AC3 #C32EA5

square

#C3972E #2EC34D #2E5AC3 #C32EA5

split-complementary

#C3972E #2EA5C3 #4D2EC3

monochromatic

#604A17 #917122 #C3972E #D7B157 #E3C888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C3972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#C3972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3972E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3972E	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab56e',
    500: '#c3972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3972e;
$custom-light: #dab56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69989,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3972E

secondary

#8097CD

accent

#73E543

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3972E

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

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