#C97D3C#C97D3C

#C97D3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.124 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D3C
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 60)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 23.89, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 52.39, 62.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0646 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.124 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2391, 27.4141, 7.8677)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D3C #3C88C9

analogous

#C93C41 #C97D3C #C9C43C

triadic

#C97D3C #3CC97D #7D3CC9

tetradic

#C97D3C #41C93C #3C88C9 #C43CC9

square

#C97D3C #41C93C #3C88C9 #C43CC9

split-complementary

#C97D3C #3CC9C4 #3C41C9

monochromatic

#6D421E #9C5F2B #C97D3C #D69D6C #E4BD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#C97D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D3C

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D3C	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)

#948435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.124 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa375',
    500: '#c97d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d3c;
$custom-light: #dfa375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.66,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65845,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D3C

secondary

#91B3D0

accent

#9AE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D3C

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

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