#C97231#C97231

#C97231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.134 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97231
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(26, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(26, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 29.30, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 57.19, 59.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0791 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.134 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6618, 24.6773, 6.0536)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97231 #3188C9

analogous

#C9313C #C97231 #C9BE31

triadic

#C97231 #31C972 #7231C9

tetradic

#C97231 #3CC931 #3188C9 #BE31C9

square

#C97231 #3CC931 #3188C9 #BE31C9

split-complementary

#C97231 #31C9BE #313CC9

monochromatic

#673A19 #985625 #C97231 #D8935F #E4B490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C97231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#C97231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97231

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97231	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.134 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09b6d',
    500: '#c97231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97231;
$custom-light: #e09b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.658,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6381,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97231

secondary

#87B0CF

accent

#9FE444

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97231

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

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