#C97638#C97638

#C97638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.129 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97638
RGB	rgb(201, 118, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(26, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 27.47, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 54.27, 59.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0747 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.129 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2823, 25.6632, 7.0467)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97638 #388BC9

analogous

#C93843 #C97638 #C9BE38

triadic

#C97638 #38C976 #7638C9

tetradic

#C97638 #43C938 #388BC9 #BE38C9

square

#C97638 #43C938 #388BC9 #BE38C9

split-complementary

#C97638 #38C9BE #3843C9

monochromatic

#6A3E1D #9A5A2A #C97638 #D69768 #E3B898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#C97638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#C97638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97638

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97638	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 118, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.129 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9e72',
    500: '#c97638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97638;
$custom-light: #df9e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.655,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64567,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97638

secondary

#8EB3CF

accent

#9FE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97638

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

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