#C97037#C97037

#C97037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.133 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97037
RGB	rgb(201, 112, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 30.64, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 55.15, 56.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.084 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.133 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5738, 24.2851, 6.6911)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97037 #3790C9

analogous

#C93747 #C97037 #C9B937

triadic

#C97037 #37C970 #7037C9

tetradic

#C97037 #47C937 #3790C9 #B937C9

square

#C97037 #47C937 #3790C9 #B937C9

split-complementary

#C97037 #37C9B9 #3747C9

monochromatic

#693A1C #995529 #C97037 #D69267 #E3B597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C97037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#C97037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97037

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97037	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 112, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.133 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9a71',
    500: '#c97037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97037;
$custom-light: #df9a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.425,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97037

secondary

#8DB5CF

accent

#A5E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97037

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

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