#C97138#C97138

#C97138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.132 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97138
RGB	rgb(201, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 30.16, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 54.68, 56.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.0827 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.132 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7090, 24.5167, 6.8556)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97138 #3890C9

analogous

#C93848 #C97138 #C9B938

triadic

#C97138 #38C971 #7138C9

tetradic

#C97138 #48C938 #3890C9 #B938C9

square

#C97138 #48C938 #3890C9 #B938C9

split-complementary

#C97138 #38C9B9 #3848C9

monochromatic

#6A3B1D #9A562A #C97138 #D69368 #E3B698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C97138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C97138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97138

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97138	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.132 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9a71',
    500: '#c97138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97138;
$custom-light: #df9a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.586,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63709,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97138

secondary

#8EB5CF

accent

#A4E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97138

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

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