#C97036#C97036

#C97036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.133 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97036
RGB	rgb(201, 112, 54)
HSL	hsl(24, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(24, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 30.59, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 55.52, 56.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0837 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.133 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5501, 24.2756, 6.5661)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97036 #368FC9

analogous

#C93646 #C97036 #C9B936

triadic

#C97036 #36C970 #7036C9

tetradic

#C97036 #46C936 #368FC9 #B936C9

square

#C97036 #46C936 #368FC9 #B936C9

split-complementary

#C97036 #36C9B9 #3646C9

monochromatic

#693A1C #995529 #C97036 #D69266 #E3B596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C97036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C97036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97036

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97036	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 112, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.133 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9a70',
    500: '#c97036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97036;
$custom-light: #df9a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.673,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63519,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97036

secondary

#8CB4CE

accent

#A4E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97036

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

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