#C97B39#C97B39

#C97B39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.126 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B39
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 57)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 24.82, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 53.63, 62.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0669 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.126 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9114, 26.8820, 7.3783)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B39 #3987C9

analogous

#C9393F #C97B39 #C9C339

triadic

#C97B39 #39C97B #7B39C9

tetradic

#C97B39 #3FC939 #3987C9 #C339C9

square

#C97B39 #3FC939 #3987C9 #C339C9

split-complementary

#C97B39 #39C9C3 #393FC9

monochromatic

#6B411D #9B5E2A #C97B39 #D69B69 #E3BB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C97B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#C97B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B39

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B39	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.126 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa173',
    500: '#c97b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b39;
$custom-light: #dfa173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65457,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B39

secondary

#8FB2CF

accent

#9AE047

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B39

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

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