#C97E2E#C97E2E

#C97E2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.130 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E2E
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 46)
HSL	hsl(31, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(31, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 22.69, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 57.77, 66.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.059 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.13 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0440, 27.5397, 6.2124)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E2E #2E79C9

analogous

#C9312E #C97E2E #C6C92E

triadic

#C97E2E #2EC97E #7E2EC9

tetradic

#C97E2E #2EC931 #2E79C9 #C92EC6

square

#C97E2E #2EC931 #2E79C9 #C92EC6

split-complementary

#C97E2E #2EC6C9 #312EC9

monochromatic

#654017 #975F23 #C97E2E #D99C5B #E5BA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#C97E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#C97E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E2E

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E2E	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.130 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa36c',
    500: '#c97e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e2e;
$custom-light: #dfa36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.968,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65897,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E2E

secondary

#84A8CF

accent

#91E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E2E

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

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