#C97E3E#C97E3E

#C97E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.122 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E3E
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 62)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 23.46, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 51.56, 62.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0636 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.122 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4202, 27.6902, 8.1938)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E3E #3E89C9

analogous

#C93E44 #C97E3E #C9C43E

triadic

#C97E3E #3EC97E #7E3EC9

tetradic

#C97E3E #44C93E #3E89C9 #C43EC9

square

#C97E3E #44C93E #3E89C9 #C43EC9

split-complementary

#C97E3E #3EC9C4 #3E44C9

monochromatic

#6E431F #9E602C #C97E3E #D69E6E #E4BE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C97E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#C97E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E3E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E3E	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.122 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea376',
    500: '#c97e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e3e;
$custom-light: #dea376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.626,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66047,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E3E

secondary

#93B4D0

accent

#9AE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E3E

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

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