#C97C3C#C97C3C

#C97C3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.124 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C3C
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 60)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 24.43, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 52.41, 62.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.0662 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.124 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1132, 27.1622, 7.8257)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C3C #3C89C9

analogous

#C93C42 #C97C3C #C9C23C

triadic

#C97C3C #3CC97C #7C3CC9

tetradic

#C97C3C #42C93C #3C89C9 #C23CC9

square

#C97C3C #42C93C #3C89C9 #C23CC9

split-complementary

#C97C3C #3CC9C2 #3C42C9

monochromatic

#6D421E #9C5F2B #C97C3C #D69C6C #E4BC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C97C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#C97C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C3C

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C3C	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)

#938435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6B6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.124 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa275',
    500: '#c97c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c3c;
$custom-light: #dfa275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.234,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65666,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C3C

secondary

#91B3D0

accent

#9BE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C3C

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

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