#C97938#C97938

#C97938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.127 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97938
RGB	rgb(201, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, 25.85, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 54.10, 61.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0698 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.127 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6412, 26.3810, 7.1663)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97938 #3888C9

analogous

#C9383F #C97938 #C9C238

triadic

#C97938 #38C979 #7938C9

tetradic

#C97938 #3FC938 #3888C9 #C238C9

square

#C97938 #3FC938 #3888C9 #C238C9

split-complementary

#C97938 #38C9C2 #383FC9

monochromatic

#6A3F1D #9A5C2A #C97938 #D69968 #E3BA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#C97938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#C97938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97938

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97938	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB686B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.127 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa072',
    500: '#c97938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97938;
$custom-light: #dfa072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.897,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65092,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97938

secondary

#8EB2CF

accent

#9CE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97938

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

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