#C97E36#C97E36

#C97E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.126 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E36
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 54)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 23.04, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 54.74, 65.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0612 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.126 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2167, 27.6087, 7.1217)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E36 #3681C9

analogous

#C93637 #C97E36 #C9C836

triadic

#C97E36 #36C97E #7E36C9

tetradic

#C97E36 #37C936 #3681C9 #C836C9

square

#C97E36 #37C936 #3681C9 #C836C9

split-complementary

#C97E36 #36C9C8 #3637C9

monochromatic

#69421C #996029 #C97E36 #D69D66 #E3BC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C97E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#C97E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E36

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E36	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)

#95852D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.126 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa371',
    500: '#c97e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e36;
$custom-light: #dfa371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.388,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65965,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E36

secondary

#8CAECE

accent

#95E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E36

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

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