#C97E38#C97E38

#C97E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.125 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E38
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 23.14, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 53.95, 64.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.0617 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.125 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2646, 27.6279, 7.3741)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E38 #3883C9

analogous

#C9383A #C97E38 #C9C738

triadic

#C97E38 #38C97E #7E38C9

tetradic

#C97E38 #3AC938 #3883C9 #C738C9

square

#C97E38 #3AC938 #3883C9 #C738C9

split-complementary

#C97E38 #38C9C7 #383AC9

monochromatic

#6A421D #9A602A #C97E38 #D69D68 #E3BC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C97E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#C97E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E38

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E38	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.125 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa372',
    500: '#c97e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e38;
$custom-light: #dfa372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.966,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65985,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E38

secondary

#8EB0CF

accent

#97E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E38

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

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