#C97D3E#C97D3E

#C97D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.123 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D3E
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 62)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 24.00, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 51.59, 62.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.0652 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.123 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2930, 27.4357, 8.1514)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D3E #3E8AC9

analogous

#C93E45 #C97D3E #C9C23E

triadic

#C97D3E #3EC97D #7D3EC9

tetradic

#C97D3E #45C93E #3E8AC9 #C23EC9

square

#C97D3E #45C93E #3E8AC9 #C23EC9

split-complementary

#C97D3E #3EC9C2 #3E45C9

monochromatic

#6E431F #9E602C #C97D3E #D69D6E #E4BD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#C97D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D3E

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D3E	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.123 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea376',
    500: '#c97d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d3e;
$custom-light: #dea376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.194,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65867,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D3E

secondary

#93B4D0

accent

#9BE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D3E

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

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