#C97E35#C97E35

#C97E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.127 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E35
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 53)
HSL	hsl(30, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(30, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 23.00, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 55.12, 65.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0609 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.127 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1934, 27.5994, 6.9992)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E35 #3580C9

analogous

#C93536 #C97E35 #C9C835

triadic

#C97E35 #35C97E #7E35C9

tetradic

#C97E35 #36C935 #3580C9 #C835C9

square

#C97E35 #36C935 #3580C9 #C835C9

split-complementary

#C97E35 #35C9C8 #3536C9

monochromatic

#68411B #996028 #C97E35 #D69D65 #E3BC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C97E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#C97E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E35

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E35	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.127 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa370',
    500: '#c97e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e35;
$custom-light: #dfa370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.595,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65956,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E35

secondary

#8BADCE

accent

#95E146

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E35

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

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