#C97839#C97839

#C97839 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.127 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97839
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 57)
HSL	hsl(26, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(26, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 26.44, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 53.76, 60.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0718 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.127 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5450, 26.1491, 7.2561)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97839 #398AC9

analogous

#C93942 #C97839 #C9C039

triadic

#C97839 #39C978 #7839C9

tetradic

#C97839 #42C939 #398AC9 #C039C9

square

#C97839 #42C939 #398AC9 #C039C9

split-complementary

#C97839 #39C9C0 #3942C9

monochromatic

#6B3F1D #9B5B2A #C97839 #D69969 #E3BA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#C97839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#C97839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97839

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97839	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)

#908132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB676A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.127 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9f72',
    500: '#c97839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97839;
$custom-light: #df9f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64926,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97839

secondary

#8FB3CF

accent

#9DE047

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97839

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

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