#C7972A#C7972A

#C7972A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.132 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7972A
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 8.03, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 60.64, 82.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0158 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.132 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0401, 34.4451, 6.9931)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7972A #2A5AC7

analogous

#C7492A #C7972A #A9C72A

triadic

#C7972A #2AC797 #972AC7

tetradic

#C7972A #2AC749 #2A5AC7 #C72AA9

square

#C7972A #2AC749 #2A5AC7 #C72AA9

split-complementary

#C7972A #2AA9C7 #492AC7

monochromatic

#624A15 #94711F #C7972A #DBB153 #E5C886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C7972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#C7972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7972A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7972A	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)

#AB9715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.132 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb56c',
    500: '#c7972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7972a;
$custom-light: #ddb56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70395,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7972A

secondary

#7E97CF

accent

#73E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7972A

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

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