#C97C3E#C97C3E

#C97C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.123 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C3E
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 62)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 24.54, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 51.62, 61.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0668 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.123 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1671, 27.1838, 8.1094)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C3E #3E8BC9

analogous

#C93E46 #C97C3E #C9C23E

triadic

#C97C3E #3EC97C #7C3EC9

tetradic

#C97C3E #46C93E #3E8BC9 #C23EC9

square

#C97C3E #46C93E #3E8BC9 #C23EC9

split-complementary

#C97C3E #3EC9C2 #3E46C9

monochromatic

#6E421F #9E5F2C #C97C3E #D69C6E #E4BD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C97C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#C97C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C3E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C3E	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.123 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa276',
    500: '#c97c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c3e;
$custom-light: #dfa276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.763,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65688,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C3E

secondary

#93B5D0

accent

#9CE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C3E

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

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