#C3973A#C3973A

#C3973A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3973A
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 58)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 70.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 6.98, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 53.75, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.015 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.12 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3381, 34.0432, 8.7646)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3973A #3A66C3

analogous

#C3533A #C3973A #ABC33A

triadic

#C3973A #3AC397 #973AC3

tetradic

#C3973A #3AC353 #3A66C3 #C33AAB

square

#C3973A #3AC353 #3A66C3 #C33AAB

split-complementary

#C3973A #3AABC3 #533AC3

monochromatic

#654E1E #94722C #C3973A #D2B068 #E0C997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C3973A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#C3973A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3973A

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3973A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3973A	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3973a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b575',
    500: '#c3973a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3973a;
$custom-light: #d9b575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3973a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70084,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3973A

secondary

#8DA1CC

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3973A

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

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