#C97538#C97538

#C97538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.129 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97538
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 28.01, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 54.34, 58.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.0763 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.129 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1651, 25.4289, 7.0076)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97538 #388CC9

analogous

#C93844 #C97538 #C9BD38

triadic

#C97538 #38C975 #7538C9

tetradic

#C97538 #44C938 #388CC9 #BD38C9

square

#C97538 #44C938 #388CC9 #BD38C9

split-complementary

#C97538 #38C9BD #3844C9

monochromatic

#6A3D1D #9A592A #C97538 #D69668 #E3B898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#C97538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#C97538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97538

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97538	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.129 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d72',
    500: '#c97538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97538;
$custom-light: #df9d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.241,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64393,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97538

secondary

#8EB4CF

accent

#A0E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97538

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

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