#C97D38#C97D38

#C97D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.126 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D38
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 23.68, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 53.97, 63.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0634 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.126 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1374, 27.3734, 7.3317)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D38 #3884C9

analogous

#C9383B #C97D38 #C9C638

triadic

#C97D38 #38C97D #7D38C9

tetradic

#C97D38 #3BC938 #3884C9 #C638C9

square

#C97D38 #3BC938 #3884C9 #C638C9

split-complementary

#C97D38 #38C9C6 #383BC9

monochromatic

#6A411D #9A5F2A #C97D38 #D69C68 #E3BC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#C97D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D38

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D38	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)

#948430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.126 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa372',
    500: '#c97d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d38;
$custom-light: #dfa372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.552,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65804,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D38

secondary

#8EB0CF

accent

#98E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D38

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

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