#C97C2E#C97C2E

#C97C2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.131 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C2E
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 46)
HSL	hsl(30, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 23.78, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 57.79, 65.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0622 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.131 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7908, 27.0333, 6.1280)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C2E #2E7BC9

analogous

#C92F2E #C97C2E #C8C92E

triadic

#C97C2E #2EC97C #7C2EC9

tetradic

#C97C2E #2EC92F #2E7BC9 #C92EC8

square

#C97C2E #2EC92F #2E7BC9 #C92EC8

split-complementary

#C97C2E #2EC8C9 #2F2EC9

monochromatic

#653F17 #975D23 #C97C2E #D99B5B #E5B98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#C97C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#C97C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C2E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C2E	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.131 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa26c',
    500: '#c97c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c2e;
$custom-light: #dfa26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.194,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65536,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C2E

secondary

#84A9CF

accent

#93E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF3EC

border

#D5CDC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C2E

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

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