#C97C17#C97C17

#C97C17 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.140 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C17
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 88.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 23.08, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 64.99, 69.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0576 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.14 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4525, 26.8979, 4.3459)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C17 #1764C9

analogous

#C92317 #C97C17 #BDC917

triadic

#C97C17 #17C97C #7C17C9

tetradic

#C97C17 #17C923 #1764C9 #C917BD

square

#C97C17 #17C923 #1764C9 #C917BD

split-complementary

#C97C17 #17BDC9 #2317C9

monochromatic

#5B380A #925A11 #C97C17 #E89B35 #EEB66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C97C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#C97C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C17

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C17	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7951A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.140 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a261',
    500: '#c97c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c17;
$custom-light: #e0a261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.045,
    "s": 79.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C17

secondary

#6897D4

accent

#87F632

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170F05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C17

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

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