#C97F38#C97F38

#C97F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.125 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97F38
RGB	rgb(201, 127, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 22.60, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 53.94, 65.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0601 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.125 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3931, 27.8849, 7.4170)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97F38 #3882C9

analogous

#C9383A #C97F38 #C9C738

triadic

#C97F38 #38C97F #7F38C9

tetradic

#C97F38 #3AC938 #3882C9 #C738C9

square

#C97F38 #3AC938 #3882C9 #C738C9

split-complementary

#C97F38 #38C9C7 #383AC9

monochromatic

#6A431D #9A612A #C97F38 #D69E68 #E3BD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C97F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#C97F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97F38

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97F38	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 127, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.125 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa472',
    500: '#c97f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97f38;
$custom-light: #dfa472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.379,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66165,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97F38

secondary

#8EAFCF

accent

#95E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97F38

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

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