#C97B3E#C97B3E

#C97B3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.123 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B3E
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 62)
HSL	hsl(26, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(26, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 25.09, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 51.66, 60.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0685 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.123 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0424, 26.9344, 8.0679)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B3E #3E8CC9

analogous

#C93E47 #C97B3E #C9C13E

triadic

#C97B3E #3EC97B #7B3EC9

tetradic

#C97B3E #47C93E #3E8CC9 #C13EC9

square

#C97B3E #47C93E #3E8CC9 #C13EC9

split-complementary

#C97B3E #3EC9C1 #3E47C9

monochromatic

#6E411F #9E5E2C #C97B3E #D69C6E #E4BC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C97B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#C97B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B3E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B3E	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.123 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa176',
    500: '#c97b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b3e;
$custom-light: #dfa176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.331,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6551,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B3E

secondary

#93B5D0

accent

#9DE048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B3E

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

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