#C97C39#C97C39

#C97C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.126 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C39
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 57)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 24.28, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 53.60, 63.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0653 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.126 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0361, 27.1314, 7.4198)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C39 #3986C9

analogous

#C9393E #C97C39 #C9C439

triadic

#C97C39 #39C97C #7C39C9

tetradic

#C97C39 #3EC939 #3986C9 #C439C9

square

#C97C39 #3EC939 #3986C9 #C439C9

split-complementary

#C97C39 #39C9C4 #393EC9

monochromatic

#6B411D #9B5E2A #C97C39 #D69C69 #E3BC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C97C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#C97C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C39

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C39	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6B6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.126 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa273',
    500: '#c97c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c39;
$custom-light: #dfa273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.917,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65635,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C39

secondary

#8FB1CF

accent

#99E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C39

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

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