#C97B18#C97B18

#C97B18 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.140 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B18
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 24)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 23.65, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 64.77, 68.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0593 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.14 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3380, 26.6527, 4.3581)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B18 #1866C9

analogous

#C92218 #C97B18 #BFC918

triadic

#C97B18 #18C97B #7B18C9

tetradic

#C97B18 #18C922 #1866C9 #C918BF

square

#C97B18 #18C922 #1866C9 #C918BF

split-complementary

#C97B18 #18BFC9 #2218C9

monochromatic

#5C380B #925A11 #C97B18 #E79A37 #EEB56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#C97B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#C97B18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B18

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B18	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6941A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.140 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a161',
    500: '#c97b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b18;
$custom-light: #e0a161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.559,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65224,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B18

secondary

#6998D4

accent

#88F533

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170F05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B18

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

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