#C6972F#C6972F

#C6972F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.128 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6972F
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 76.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 7.78, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 58.66, 82.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0157 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.128 83)
XYZ	xyz(34.8707, 34.3468, 7.4818)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6972F #2F5EC6

analogous

#C64C2F #C6972F #A9C62F

triadic

#C6972F #2FC697 #972FC6

tetradic

#C6972F #2FC64C #2F5EC6 #C62FA9

square

#C6972F #2FC64C #2F5EC6 #C62FA9

split-complementary

#C6972F #2FA9C6 #4C2FC6

monochromatic

#634C18 #957123 #C6972F #D8B15A #E4C88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C6972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#C6972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6972F

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6972F	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)

#AB971E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.128 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb56f',
    500: '#c6972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6972f;
$custom-light: #dcb56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.325,
    "s": 61.633,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70319,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.34344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6972F

secondary

#839ACE

accent

#75E543

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6972F

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

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