#C97E1D#C97E1D

#C97E1D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.137 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E1D
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 29)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(34, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 85.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 22.13, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 63.37, 69.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0553 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.137 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7727, 27.4312, 4.7836)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E1D #1D68C9

analogous

#C9281D #C97E1D #BEC91D

triadic

#C97E1D #1DC97E #7E1DC9

tetradic

#C97E1D #1DC928 #1D68C9 #C91DBE

square

#C97E1D #1DC928 #1D68C9 #C91DBE

split-complementary

#C97E1D #1DBEC9 #281DC9

monochromatic

#5E3B0E #945C15 #C97E1D #E39C40 #EBB875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C97E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#C97E1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E1D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E1D	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8961F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.137 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a364',
    500: '#c97e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e1d;
$custom-light: #e0a364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.837,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65788,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E1D

secondary

#709BD2

accent

#88F136

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF3EB

border

#D5CDC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E1D

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

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