#C97718#C97718

#C97718 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.141 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97718
RGB	rgb(201, 119, 24)
HSL	hsl(32, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(32, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 25.81, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 64.92, 66.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0657 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.141 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8519, 25.6805, 4.1961)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97718 #186AC9

analogous

#C91E18 #C97718 #C3C918

triadic

#C97718 #18C977 #7718C9

tetradic

#C97718 #18C91E #186AC9 #C918C3

square

#C97718 #18C91E #186AC9 #C918C3

split-complementary

#C97718 #18C3C9 #1E18C9

monochromatic

#5C360B #925711 #C97718 #E79637 #EEB26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#C97718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#C97718 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97718

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97718	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#917F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 119, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.141 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09e61',
    500: '#c97718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97718;
$custom-light: #e09e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.203,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64513,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97718

secondary

#699AD4

accent

#8DF533

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97718

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

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