#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
RGBrgb(201, 124, 56)
HSLhsl(28, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(28, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 38.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.09, 24.23, 48.25)
CIE-LCHlch(59.09, 53.99, 63.34°)
OKLaboklab(65.63% 0.065 0.1081)
OKLCHoklch(65.63% 0.126 59)
XYZxyz(32.0114, 27.1215, 7.2897)
Luminance0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##C97C381.003.276.426.42
#FFFFFF3.271.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4221.001.001.00
##0000006.4221.001.001.00

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

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#C97C38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva