#C97D37#C97D37

#C97D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.126 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D37
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 23.64, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 54.36, 64.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0631 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.126 60)
XYZ	xyz(32.1132, 27.3638, 7.2042)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D37 #3783C9

analogous

#C9373A #C97D37 #C9C637

triadic

#C97D37 #37C97D #7D37C9

tetradic

#C97D37 #3AC937 #3783C9 #C637C9

square

#C97D37 #3AC937 #3783C9 #C637C9

split-complementary

#C97D37 #37C9C6 #373AC9

monochromatic

#69411C #995F29 #C97D37 #D69C67 #E3BC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#C97D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D37

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D37	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#94842F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.126 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa371',
    500: '#c97d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d37;
$custom-light: #dfa371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.767,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65795,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.27361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D37

secondary

#8DAFCF

accent

#97E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D37

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

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