#C97B38#C97B38

#C97B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.127 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B38
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 24.77, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 54.02, 62.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0666 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.127 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8867, 26.8722, 7.2482)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B38 #3886C9

analogous

#C9383E #C97B38 #C9C338

triadic

#C97B38 #38C97B #7B38C9

tetradic

#C97B38 #3EC938 #3886C9 #C338C9

square

#C97B38 #3EC938 #3886C9 #C338C9

split-complementary

#C97B38 #38C9C3 #383EC9

monochromatic

#6A401D #9A5E2A #C97B38 #D69B68 #E3BB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C97B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#C97B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B38

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B38	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.127 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa172',
    500: '#c97b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b38;
$custom-light: #dfa172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.724,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65447,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B38

secondary

#8EB1CF

accent

#9AE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B38

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

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