#C97537#C97537

#C97537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.130 H 54.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97537
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 55)
HSL	hsl(25, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 27.96, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 54.72, 59.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.076 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.13 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1409, 25.4192, 6.8801)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97537 #378BC9

analogous

#C93742 #C97537 #C9BE37

triadic

#C97537 #37C975 #7537C9

tetradic

#C97537 #42C937 #378BC9 #BE37C9

square

#C97537 #42C937 #378BC9 #BE37C9

split-complementary

#C97537 #37C9BE #3742C9

monochromatic

#693D1C #995929 #C97537 #D69667 #E3B897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#C97537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#C97537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97537

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97537	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.130 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d71',
    500: '#c97537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97537;
$custom-light: #df9d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.479,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64383,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97537

secondary

#8DB3CF

accent

#9FE147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97537

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

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