#C97518#C97518

#C97518 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.142 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97518
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 24)
HSL	hsl(32, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(32, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, 26.89, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 65.03, 65.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.0688 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.142 61)
XYZ	xyz(30.6164, 25.2094, 4.1176)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97518 #186CC9

analogous

#C91C18 #C97518 #C5C918

triadic

#C97518 #18C975 #7518C9

tetradic

#C97518 #18C91C #186CC9 #C918C5

square

#C97518 #18C91C #186CC9 #C918C5

split-complementary

#C97518 #18C5C9 #1C18C9

monochromatic

#5C350B #925511 #C97518 #E79437 #EEB16E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#C97518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#C97518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97518

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97518	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.142 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19d60',
    500: '#c97518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97518;
$custom-light: #e19d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.525,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64162,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.25206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97518

secondary

#699CD4

accent

#8FF533

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97518

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

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