#C3972F#C3972F

#C3972F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3972F
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 75.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 6.46, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 58.09, 83.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0121 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.127 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0875, 33.9430, 7.4451)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3972F #2F5BC3

analogous

#C34D2F #C3972F #A5C32F

triadic

#C3972F #2FC397 #972FC3

tetradic

#C3972F #2FC34D #2F5BC3 #C32FA5

square

#C3972F #2FC34D #2F5BC3 #C32FA5

split-complementary

#C3972F #2FA5C3 #4D2FC3

monochromatic

#604B17 #927123 #C3972F #D7B158 #E3C88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C3972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#C3972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3972F

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3972F	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)

#AA971E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab56f',
    500: '#c3972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3972f;
$custom-light: #dab56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 61.157,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69996,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3972F

secondary

#8198CD

accent

#73E444

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3972F

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

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