#C97D36#C97D36

#C97D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.127 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D36
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 54)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 23.59, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 54.75, 64.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0628 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.127 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0894, 27.3543, 7.0792)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D36 #3682C9

analogous

#C93638 #C97D36 #C9C736

triadic

#C97D36 #36C97D #7D36C9

tetradic

#C97D36 #38C936 #3682C9 #C736C9

square

#C97D36 #38C936 #3682C9 #C736C9

split-complementary

#C97D36 #36C9C7 #3638C9

monochromatic

#69411C #995F29 #C97D36 #D69C66 #E3BB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#C97D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#C97D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D36

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D36	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.127 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa371',
    500: '#c97d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d36;
$custom-light: #dfa371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.98,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65785,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D36

secondary

#8CAFCE

accent

#97E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D36

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

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