#C97838#C97838

#C97838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.128 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97838
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(26, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 26.39, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 54.15, 60.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0715 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.128 56)
XYZ	xyz(31.5203, 26.1392, 7.1260)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97838 #3889C9

analogous

#C93840 #C97838 #C9C138

triadic

#C97838 #38C978 #7838C9

tetradic

#C97838 #40C938 #3889C9 #C138C9

square

#C97838 #40C938 #3889C9 #C138C9

split-complementary

#C97838 #38C9C1 #3840C9

monochromatic

#6A3F1D #9A5B2A #C97838 #D69968 #E3B998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#C97838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#C97838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97838

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97838	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB676A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.128 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9f72',
    500: '#c97838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97838;
$custom-light: #df9f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.483,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64916,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.26136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97838

secondary

#8EB2CF

accent

#9DE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97838

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

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