#C97E18#C97E18

#C97E18 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.139 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E18
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 24)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(35, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 22.02, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 64.71, 70.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0546 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.139 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7159, 27.4084, 4.4840)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E18 #1863C9

analogous

#C92518 #C97E18 #BCC918

triadic

#C97E18 #18C97E #7E18C9

tetradic

#C97E18 #18C925 #1863C9 #C918BC

square

#C97E18 #18C925 #1863C9 #C918BC

split-complementary

#C97E18 #18BCC9 #2518C9

monochromatic

#5C390B #925C11 #C97E18 #E79D37 #EEB76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#C97E18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E18

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E18	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)

#A8961B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.139 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a362',
    500: '#c97e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e18;
$custom-light: #e0a362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.576,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65765,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E18

secondary

#6996D4

accent

#85F533

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF3EB

border

#D5CDC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E18

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

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