#C3973B#C3973B

#C3973B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3973B
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 7.04, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 53.33, 82.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0152 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.12 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3638, 34.0535, 8.8999)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3973B #3B67C3

analogous

#C3533B #C3973B #ABC33B

triadic

#C3973B #3BC397 #973BC3

tetradic

#C3973B #3BC353 #3B67C3 #C33BAB

square

#C3973B #3BC353 #3B67C3 #C33BAB

split-complementary

#C3973B #3BABC3 #533BC3

monochromatic

#654E1F #94732D #C3973B #D2B069 #E0C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C3973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#C3973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3973B

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3973B	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)

#AA9730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b576',
    500: '#c3973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3973b;
$custom-light: #d9b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3973B

secondary

#8EA2CC

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3973B

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

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