#C97235#C97235

#C97235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.132 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97235
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 53)
HSL	hsl(25, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 29.48, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 55.71, 58.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.0802 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.132 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7500, 24.7125, 6.5181)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97235 #358CC9

analogous

#C93542 #C97235 #C9BC35

triadic

#C97235 #35C972 #7235C9

tetradic

#C97235 #42C935 #358CC9 #BC35C9

square

#C97235 #42C935 #358CC9 #BC35C9

split-complementary

#C97235 #35C9BC #3542C9

monochromatic

#683B1B #995728 #C97235 #D69465 #E3B595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C97235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#C97235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97235

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97235	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.132 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9b6f',
    500: '#c97235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97235;
$custom-light: #df9b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.73,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63848,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97235

secondary

#8BB3CE

accent

#A2E146

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97235

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

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