#C4973D#C4973D

#C4973D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.119 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4973D
RGB	rgb(196, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 7.58, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 52.69, 81.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.017 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.119 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6759, 34.2083, 9.1905)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4973D #3D6AC4

analogous

#C4533D #C4973D #AEC43D

triadic

#C4973D #3DC497 #973DC4

tetradic

#C4973D #3DC453 #3D6AC4 #C43DAE

square

#C4973D #3DC453 #3D6AC4 #C43DAE

split-complementary

#C4973D #3DAEC4 #533DC4

monochromatic

#674F1F #96732E #C4973D #D2B06C #E1C99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C4973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#C4973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4973D

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4973D	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)

#AA9732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.119 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab577',
    500: '#c4973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4973d;
$custom-light: #dab577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70218,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4973D

secondary

#90A4CD

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4973D

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

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