#C4973F#C4973F

#C4973F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4973F
RGB	rgb(196, 151, 63)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 7.70, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 51.84, 81.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0176 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.117 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7308, 34.2303, 9.4795)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4973F #3F6CC4

analogous

#C4543F #C4973F #AEC43F

triadic

#C4973F #3FC497 #973FC4

tetradic

#C4973F #3FC454 #3F6CC4 #C43FAE

square

#C4973F #3FC454 #3F6CC4 #C43FAE

split-complementary

#C4973F #3FAEC4 #543FC4

monochromatic

#685020 #97742E #C4973F #D2B06E #E1CA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C4973F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#C4973F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4973F

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4973F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4973F	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4973f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 151, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab578',
    500: '#c4973f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4973f;
$custom-light: #dab578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4973f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4973F

secondary

#92A6CD

accent

#7CDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4973F

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

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