#C6973C#C6973C

#C6973C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6973C
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 69.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 8.40, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 53.53, 80.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0191 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.12 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1731, 34.4678, 9.0745)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6973C #3C6BC6

analogous

#C6523C #C6973C #B0C63C

triadic

#C6973C #3CC697 #973CC6

tetradic

#C6973C #3CC652 #3C6BC6 #C63CB0

square

#C6973C #3CC652 #3C6BC6 #C63CB0

split-complementary

#C6973C #3CB0C6 #523CC6

monochromatic

#69501F #98742D #C6973C #D4B06B #E2CA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C6973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#C6973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6973C

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6973C	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb576',
    500: '#c6973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6973c;
$custom-light: #dbb576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70424,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6973C

secondary

#90A5CE

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6973C

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

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