#C97039#C97039

#C97039 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.132 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97039
RGB	rgb(201, 112, 57)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 30.74, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 54.41, 55.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.0847 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.132 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6227, 24.3046, 6.9487)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97039 #3992C9

analogous

#C9394A #C97039 #C9B839

triadic

#C97039 #39C970 #7039C9

tetradic

#C97039 #4AC939 #3992C9 #B839C9

square

#C97039 #4AC939 #3992C9 #B839C9

split-complementary

#C97039 #39C9B8 #394AC9

monochromatic

#6B3B1D #9B552A #C97039 #D69369 #E3B599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C97039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#C97039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97039

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97039	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#897B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 112, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.132 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9a72',
    500: '#c97039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97039;
$custom-light: #df9a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.917,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63551,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97039

secondary

#8FB6CF

accent

#A6E047

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97039

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

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