#C6972D#C6972D

#C6972D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.130 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6972D
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 77.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 7.70, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 59.39, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0153 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.13 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8312, 34.3310, 7.2741)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6972D #2D5CC6

analogous

#C64B2D #C6972D #A8C62D

triadic

#C6972D #2DC697 #972DC6

tetradic

#C6972D #2DC64B #2D5CC6 #C62DA8

square

#C6972D #2DC64B #2D5CC6 #C62DA8

split-complementary

#C6972D #2DA8C6 #4B2DC6

monochromatic

#624B16 #947122 #C6972D #D9B157 #E4C889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C6972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#C6972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6972D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6972D	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.130 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb56e',
    500: '#c6972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6972d;
$custom-light: #dcb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.569,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70305,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6972D

secondary

#8199CE

accent

#74E642

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6972D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →