#C4973C#C4973C

#C4973C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.119 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4973C
RGB	rgb(196, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 7.53, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 53.12, 81.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0167 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.119 82)
XYZ	xyz(34.6493, 34.1977, 9.0499)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4973C #3C69C4

analogous

#C4533C #C4973C #ADC43C

triadic

#C4973C #3CC497 #973CC4

tetradic

#C4973C #3CC453 #3C69C4 #C43CAD

square

#C4973C #3CC453 #3C69C4 #C43CAD

split-complementary

#C4973C #3CADC4 #533CC4

monochromatic

#674F1F #96732D #C4973C #D2B06B #E0C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C4973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#C4973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4973C

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4973C	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.119 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab576',
    500: '#c4973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4973c;
$custom-light: #dab576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70209,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.34195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4973C

secondary

#90A4CC

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4973C

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

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