#C97238#C97238

#C97238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.131 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97238
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 29.62, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 54.58, 57.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.0811 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.131 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8212, 24.7410, 6.8930)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97238 #388FC9

analogous

#C93846 #C97238 #C9BA38

triadic

#C97238 #38C972 #7238C9

tetradic

#C97238 #46C938 #388FC9 #BA38C9

square

#C97238 #46C938 #388FC9 #BA38C9

split-complementary

#C97238 #38C9BA #3846C9

monochromatic

#6A3C1D #9A572A #C97238 #D69468 #E3B698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C97238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#C97238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97238

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97238	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)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.131 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9b71',
    500: '#c97238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97238;
$custom-light: #df9b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63879,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97238

secondary

#8EB5CF

accent

#A3E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97238

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

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