#C6972E#C6972E

#C6972E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6972E
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 76.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 7.74, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 59.03, 82.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0155 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.129 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8507, 34.3388, 7.3767)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6972E #2E5DC6

analogous

#C64B2E #C6972E #A9C62E

triadic

#C6972E #2EC697 #972EC6

tetradic

#C6972E #2EC64B #2E5DC6 #C62EA9

square

#C6972E #2EC64B #2E5DC6 #C62EA9

split-complementary

#C6972E #2EA9C6 #4B2EC6

monochromatic

#634B17 #947122 #C6972E #D8B159 #E4C88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C6972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#C6972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6972E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6972E	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)

#AB971C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb56e',
    500: '#c6972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6972e;
$custom-light: #dcb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.447,
    "s": 62.295,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70312,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6972E

secondary

#8299CE

accent

#75E542

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6972E

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

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