#C97A38#C97A38

#C97A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.127 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A38
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 25.31, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 54.06, 62.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0682 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.127 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7633, 26.6253, 7.2070)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A38 #3887C9

analogous

#C9383F #C97A38 #C9C238

triadic

#C97A38 #38C97A #7A38C9

tetradic

#C97A38 #3FC938 #3887C9 #C238C9

square

#C97A38 #3FC938 #3887C9 #C238C9

split-complementary

#C97A38 #38C9C2 #383FC9

monochromatic

#6A401D #9A5D2A #C97A38 #D69A68 #E3BA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#C97A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#C97A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A38

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A38	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)

#928230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB696C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.127 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa172',
    500: '#c97a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a38;
$custom-light: #dfa172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.31,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65269,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A38

secondary

#8EB1CF

accent

#9BE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A38

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

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