#C97D1D#C97D1D

#C97D1D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.138 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D1D
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 29)
HSL	hsl(33, 75%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 85.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 22.68, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 63.38, 69.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0569 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.138 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6455, 27.1767, 4.7412)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D1D #1D69C9

analogous

#C9271D #C97D1D #BFC91D

triadic

#C97D1D #1DC97D #7D1DC9

tetradic

#C97D1D #1DC927 #1D69C9 #C91DBF

square

#C97D1D #1DC927 #1D69C9 #C91DBF

split-complementary

#C97D1D #1DBFC9 #271DC9

monochromatic

#5E3A0E #945C15 #C97D1D #E39B40 #EBB775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C97D1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#C97D1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D1D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D1D	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#958403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7951F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.138 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a263',
    500: '#c97d1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d1d;
$custom-light: #e0a263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65607,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D1D

secondary

#709BD2

accent

#89F136

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF3EB

border

#D5CDC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D1D

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

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