#C97C18#C97C18

#C97C18 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.139 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C18
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 24)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 23.10, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 64.74, 69.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0577 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.139 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4627, 26.9020, 4.3997)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C18 #1865C9

analogous

#C92318 #C97C18 #BEC918

triadic

#C97C18 #18C97C #7C18C9

tetradic

#C97C18 #18C923 #1865C9 #C918BE

square

#C97C18 #18C923 #1865C9 #C918BE

split-complementary

#C97C18 #18BEC9 #2318C9

monochromatic

#5C390B #925A11 #C97C18 #E79B37 #EEB66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C97C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#C97C18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C18

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C18	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: #c97c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.139 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a261',
    500: '#c97c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c18;
$custom-light: #e0a261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.898,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65403,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C18

secondary

#6997D4

accent

#87F533

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170F05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C18

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

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