#C97D39#C97D39

#C97D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.125 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D39
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 57)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 23.73, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 53.57, 63.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0637 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.125 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1621, 27.3833, 7.4618)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D39 #3985C9

analogous

#C9393D #C97D39 #C9C539

triadic

#C97D39 #39C97D #7D39C9

tetradic

#C97D39 #3DC939 #3985C9 #C539C9

square

#C97D39 #3DC939 #3985C9 #C539C9

split-complementary

#C97D39 #39C9C5 #393DC9

monochromatic

#6B421D #9B5F2A #C97D39 #D69D69 #E3BC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#C97D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D39

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D39	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa373',
    500: '#c97d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d39;
$custom-light: #dfa373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.333,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65814,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D39

secondary

#8FB1CF

accent

#98E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D39

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

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