#C97C38#C97C38

#C97C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.126 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C38
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 24.23, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 53.99, 63.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.065 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.126 59)
XYZ	xyz(32.0114, 27.1215, 7.2897)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C38 #3885C9

analogous

#C9383C #C97C38 #C9C438

triadic

#C97C38 #38C97C #7C38C9

tetradic

#C97C38 #3CC938 #3885C9 #C438C9

square

#C97C38 #3CC938 #3885C9 #C438C9

split-complementary

#C97C38 #38C9C4 #383CC9

monochromatic

#6A411D #9A5E2A #C97C38 #D69C68 #E3BB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C97C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#C97C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C38

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C38	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.126 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa272',
    500: '#c97c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c38;
$custom-light: #dfa272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.138,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65625,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.27118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C38

secondary

#8EB0CF

accent

#99E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C38

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

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