#C97A1E#C97A1E

#C97A1E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.138 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A1E
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 30)
HSL	hsl(32, 74%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(32, 85%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 85.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 24.33, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 63.16, 67.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0619 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.138 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2840, 26.4336, 4.6827)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A1E #1E6DC9

analogous

#C9251E #C97A1E #C2C91E

triadic

#C97A1E #1EC97A #7A1EC9

tetradic

#C97A1E #1EC925 #1E6DC9 #C91EC2

square

#C97A1E #1EC925 #1E6DC9 #C91EC2

split-complementary

#C97A1E #1EC2C9 #251EC9

monochromatic

#5E390E #945A16 #C97A1E #E39841 #EBB577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#C97A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#C97A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A1E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A1E	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6941F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.138 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a064',
    500: '#c97a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a1e;
$custom-light: #e0a064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.281,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65073,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A1E

secondary

#719ED2

accent

#8DF137

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E06

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A1E

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

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