#C3973F#C3973F

#C3973F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3973F
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 63)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 67.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 7.26, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 51.63, 81.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0164 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.117 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4715, 34.0966, 9.4674)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3973F #3F6BC3

analogous

#C3553F #C3973F #ADC33F

triadic

#C3973F #3FC397 #973FC3

tetradic

#C3973F #3FC355 #3F6BC3 #C33FAD

square

#C3973F #3FC355 #3F6BC3 #C33FAD

split-complementary

#C3973F #3FADC3 #553FC3

monochromatic

#675020 #96742F #C3973F #D2B06E #E0CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C3973F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#C3973F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3973F

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3973F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3973F	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)

#A99735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3973f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b578',
    500: '#c3973f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3973f;
$custom-light: #d9b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3973f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70131,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3973F

secondary

#92A5CC

accent

#7CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3973F

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

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