#C97D2E#C97D2E

#C97D2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.131 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D2E
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 46)
HSL	hsl(31, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(31, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 23.23, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 57.78, 66.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0606 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.131 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9168, 27.2852, 6.1699)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D2E #2E7AC9

analogous

#C9302E #C97D2E #C7C92E

triadic

#C97D2E #2EC97D #7D2EC9

tetradic

#C97D2E #2EC930 #2E7AC9 #C92EC7

square

#C97D2E #2EC930 #2E7AC9 #C92EC7

split-complementary

#C97D2E #2EC7C9 #302EC9

monochromatic

#653F17 #975E23 #C97D2E #D99B5B #E5BA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#C97D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#C97D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D2E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D2E	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.131 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa36c',
    500: '#c97d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d2e;
$custom-light: #dfa36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.581,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65716,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D2E

secondary

#84A9CF

accent

#92E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF3EC

border

#D5CDC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D2E

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

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