#C97237#C97237

#C97237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.132 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97237
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(24, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, 29.57, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 54.96, 57.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.0808 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.132 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7969, 24.7313, 6.7655)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97237 #378EC9

analogous

#C93745 #C97237 #C9BB37

triadic

#C97237 #37C972 #7237C9

tetradic

#C97237 #45C937 #378EC9 #BB37C9

square

#C97237 #45C937 #378EC9 #BB37C9

split-complementary

#C97237 #37C9BB #3745C9

monochromatic

#693B1C #995729 #C97237 #D69467 #E3B697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C97237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#C97237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97237

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97237	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.132 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9b71',
    500: '#c97237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97237;
$custom-light: #df9b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.247,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63868,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97237

secondary

#8DB4CF

accent

#A3E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97237

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

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