#C97243#C97243

#C97243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.126 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97243
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 67)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 30.22, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 50.44, 53.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0848 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.126 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1204, 24.8607, 8.4688)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97243 #439AC9

analogous

#C94357 #C97243 #C9B543

triadic

#C97243 #43C972 #7243C9

tetradic

#C97243 #57C943 #439AC9 #B543C9

square

#C97243 #57C943 #439AC9 #B543C9

split-complementary

#C97243 #43C9B5 #4357C9

monochromatic

#713D20 #A1562E #C97243 #D79673 #E4B9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#C97243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#C97243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97243

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97243	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.126 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9b79',
    500: '#c97243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97243;
$custom-light: #df9b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.045,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64006,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97243

secondary

#97BDD1

accent

#AADF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97243

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

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