#C97A18#C97A18

#C97A18 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.140 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A18
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 24)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(33, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, 24.19, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 64.80, 68.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0609 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.14 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2146, 26.4058, 4.3170)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A18 #1867C9

analogous

#C92118 #C97A18 #C0C918

triadic

#C97A18 #18C97A #7A18C9

tetradic

#C97A18 #18C921 #1867C9 #C918C0

square

#C97A18 #18C921 #1867C9 #C918C0

split-complementary

#C97A18 #18C0C9 #2118C9

monochromatic

#5C380B #925911 #C97A18 #E79937 #EEB56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#C97A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#C97A18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A18

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A18	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6941A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.140 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a061',
    500: '#c97a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a18;
$custom-light: #e0a061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.22,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65045,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A18

secondary

#6999D4

accent

#89F533

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A18

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

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