#C3973D#C3973D

#C3973D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3973D
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 7.15, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 52.49, 82.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% 0.0158 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.118 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4166, 34.0746, 9.1783)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3973D #3D69C3

analogous

#C3543D #C3973D #ACC33D

triadic

#C3973D #3DC397 #973DC3

tetradic

#C3973D #3DC354 #3D69C3 #C33DAC

square

#C3973D #3DC354 #3D69C3 #C33DAC

split-complementary

#C3973D #3DACC3 #543DC3

monochromatic

#664F20 #95732E #C3973D #D1B06C #E0C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C3973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#C3973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3973D

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3973D	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)

#A99732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b577',
    500: '#c3973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3973d;
$custom-light: #d9b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70111,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3973D

secondary

#90A4CC

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3973D

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

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