#C97A31#C97A31

#C97A31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.130 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A31
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 49)
HSL	hsl(29, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(29, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 24.99, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 56.73, 63.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0662 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.13 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6039, 26.5616, 6.3677)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A31 #3180C9

analogous

#C93134 #C97A31 #C9C631

triadic

#C97A31 #31C97A #7A31C9

tetradic

#C97A31 #34C931 #3180C9 #C631C9

square

#C97A31 #34C931 #3180C9 #C631C9

split-complementary

#C97A31 #31C9C6 #3134C9

monochromatic

#673E19 #985C25 #C97A31 #D8995F #E4B990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#C97A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#C97A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A31

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A31	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC696B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.130 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa16e',
    500: '#c97a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a31;
$custom-light: #dfa16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.816,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65204,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A31

secondary

#87ACCF

accent

#97E444

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A31

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

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