#C97E37#C97E37

#C97E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.126 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E37
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 23.09, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 54.34, 64.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% 0.0614 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.126 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2404, 27.6182, 7.2466)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E37 #3782C9

analogous

#C93739 #C97E37 #C9C737

triadic

#C97E37 #37C97E #7E37C9

tetradic

#C97E37 #39C937 #3782C9 #C737C9

square

#C97E37 #39C937 #3782C9 #C737C9

split-complementary

#C97E37 #37C9C7 #3739C9

monochromatic

#69421C #996029 #C97E37 #D69D67 #E3BC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C97E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#C97E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E37

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E37	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)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.126 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa371',
    500: '#c97e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e37;
$custom-light: #dfa371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.178,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65975,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E37

secondary

#8DAFCF

accent

#96E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E37

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

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