#C97E17#C97E17

#C97E17 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.139 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E17
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(35, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 88.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 22.00, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 64.96, 70.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0544 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.139 67)
XYZ	xyz(31.7056, 27.4043, 4.4303)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E17 #1762C9

analogous

#C92517 #C97E17 #BBC917

triadic

#C97E17 #17C97E #7E17C9

tetradic

#C97E17 #17C925 #1762C9 #C917BB

square

#C97E17 #17C925 #1762C9 #C917BB

split-complementary

#C97E17 #17BBC9 #2517C9

monochromatic

#5B390A #925C11 #C97E17 #E89D35 #EEB76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#C97E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E17

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E17	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8961A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.139 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a361',
    500: '#c97e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e17;
$custom-light: #e0a361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.719,
    "s": 79.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65761,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.27401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E17

secondary

#6895D4

accent

#84F632

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF3EB

border

#D5CDC6

text

#170F05

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E17

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

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