#C97A35#C97A35

#C97A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.128 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A35
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 53)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 25.17, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 55.21, 62.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0673 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.128 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6921, 26.5969, 6.8321)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A35 #3584C9

analogous

#C9353A #C97A35 #C9C435

triadic

#C97A35 #35C97A #7A35C9

tetradic

#C97A35 #3AC935 #3584C9 #C435C9

square

#C97A35 #3AC935 #3584C9 #C435C9

split-complementary

#C97A35 #35C9C4 #353AC9

monochromatic

#683F1B #995D28 #C97A35 #D69A65 #E3BA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#C97A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#C97A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A35

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A35	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB696B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.128 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa170',
    500: '#c97a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a35;
$custom-light: #dfa170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.973,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6524,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A35

secondary

#8BAFCE

accent

#99E146

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160F08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A35

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

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