#C97B1E#C97B1E

#C97B1E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.138 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B1E
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 30)
HSL	hsl(33, 74%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 85%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 85.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 23.79, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 63.13, 67.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0603 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.138 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4074, 26.6804, 4.7239)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B1E #1E6CC9

analogous

#C9261E #C97B1E #C1C91E

triadic

#C97B1E #1EC97B #7B1EC9

tetradic

#C97B1E #1EC926 #1E6CC9 #C91EC1

square

#C97B1E #1EC926 #1E6CC9 #C91EC1

split-complementary

#C97B1E #1EC1C9 #261EC9

monochromatic

#5E3A0E #945A16 #C97B1E #E39941 #EBB677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#C97B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#C97B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B1E

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B1E	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.138 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a164',
    500: '#c97b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b1e;
$custom-light: #e0a164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.632,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B1E

secondary

#719DD2

accent

#8CF137

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B1E

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

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