#C97A39#C97A39

#C97A39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A39
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 57)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 25.36, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 53.67, 61.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0685 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.126 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7880, 26.6352, 7.3371)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A39 #3988C9

analogous

#C93940 #C97A39 #C9C239

triadic

#C97A39 #39C97A #7A39C9

tetradic

#C97A39 #40C939 #3988C9 #C239C9

square

#C97A39 #40C939 #3988C9 #C239C9

split-complementary

#C97A39 #39C9C2 #3940C9

monochromatic

#6B401D #9B5D2A #C97A39 #D69A69 #E3BB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#C97A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#C97A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A39

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A39	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB696C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa172',
    500: '#c97a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a39;
$custom-light: #dfa172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65279,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A39

secondary

#8FB2CF

accent

#9BE047

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A39

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

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