#C97D17#C97D17

#C97D17 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.139 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D17
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 88.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 22.54, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 64.97, 69.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.056 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.139 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5784, 27.1499, 4.3879)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D17 #1763C9

analogous

#C92417 #C97D17 #BCC917

triadic

#C97D17 #17C97D #7D17C9

tetradic

#C97D17 #17C924 #1763C9 #C917BC

square

#C97D17 #17C924 #1763C9 #C917BC

split-complementary

#C97D17 #17BCC9 #2417C9

monochromatic

#5B390A #925B11 #C97D17 #E89C35 #EEB76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C97D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#C97D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D17

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D17	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8951A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.139 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a261',
    500: '#c97d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d17;
$custom-light: #e0a261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.382,
    "s": 79.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6558,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D17

secondary

#6896D4

accent

#86F632

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF3EB

border

#D5CDC6

text

#170F05

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D17

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

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