#C97E39#C97E39

#C97E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.125 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E39
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 57)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 23.19, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 53.56, 64.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.062 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.125 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2893, 27.6378, 7.5042)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E39 #3984C9

analogous

#C9393C #C97E39 #C9C639

triadic

#C97E39 #39C97E #7E39C9

tetradic

#C97E39 #3CC939 #3984C9 #C639C9

square

#C97E39 #3CC939 #3984C9 #C639C9

split-complementary

#C97E39 #39C9C6 #393CC9

monochromatic

#6B421D #9B602A #C97E39 #D69D69 #E3BD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C97E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#C97E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E39

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E39	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)

#958531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.125 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa373',
    500: '#c97e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e39;
$custom-light: #dfa373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65994,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E39

secondary

#8FB0CF

accent

#97E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E39

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

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