#C3973E#C3973E

#C3973E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3973E
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 7.20, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 52.06, 82.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0161 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.118 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4438, 34.0855, 9.3215)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3973E #3E6AC3

analogous

#C3543E #C3973E #ADC33E

triadic

#C3973E #3EC397 #973EC3

tetradic

#C3973E #3EC354 #3E6AC3 #C33EAD

square

#C3973E #3EC354 #3E6AC3 #C33EAD

split-complementary

#C3973E #3EADC3 #543EC3

monochromatic

#674F20 #95732E #C3973E #D2B06D #E0C99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C3973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#C3973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3973E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3973E	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b578',
    500: '#c3973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3973e;
$custom-light: #d9b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70121,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3973E

secondary

#91A4CC

accent

#7CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3973E

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

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