#C97C1E#C97C1E

#C97C1E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.138 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97C1E
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 30)
HSL	hsl(33, 74%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 85%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 85.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 23.25, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 63.11, 68.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0587 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.138 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5321, 26.9298, 4.7654)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97C1E #1E6BC9

analogous

#C9261E #C97C1E #C1C91E

triadic

#C97C1E #1EC97C #7C1EC9

tetradic

#C97C1E #1EC926 #1E6BC9 #C91EC1

square

#C97C1E #1EC926 #1E6BC9 #C91EC1

split-complementary

#C97C1E #1EC1C9 #261EC9

monochromatic

#5E3A0E #945B16 #C97C1E #E39A41 #EBB677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C97C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#C97C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97C1E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97C1E	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)

#958306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.138 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a264',
    500: '#c97c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97c1e;
$custom-light: #e0a264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.982,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65432,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97C1E

secondary

#719DD2

accent

#8BF137

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97C1E

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

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