#C97E2B#C97E2B

#C97E2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.132 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C97E2B
RGBrgb(201, 126, 43)
HSLhsl(32, 65%, 48%)
HSVhsv(32, 79%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37.3%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.45, 22.57, 54.35)
CIE-LCHlch(59.45, 58.85, 67.45°)
OKLaboklab(65.87% 0.0582 0.1183)
OKLCHoklch(65.87% 0.132 63.8)
XYZxyz(31.9869, 27.5168, 5.9117)
Luminance0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C97E2B #2B76C9
analogous
#C92F2B #C97E2B #C5C92B
triadic
#C97E2B #2BC97E #7E2BC9
tetradic
#C97E2B #2BC92F #2B76C9 #C92BC5
square
#C97E2B #2BC92F #2B76C9 #C92BC5
split-complementary
#C97E2B #2BC5C9 #2F2BC9
monochromatic
#643F15 #975E20 #C97E2B #DB9C56 #E6BA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23
#C97E2B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50
#C97E2B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E2B
6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C97E2B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C97E2B1.003.236.506.50
#FFFFFF3.231.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5021.001.001.00
##0000006.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96851E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7962C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DC6D6D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c97e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.132 63.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa36a',
    500: '#c97e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c97e2b;
$custom-light: #dfa36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c97e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.519,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65874,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C97E2B
secondary
#80A6CF
accent
#90E840
background
#FEFAF6
surface
#FDF4EB
border
#D5CEC6
text
#160F07
muted
#847F7A

Preview Lab

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#C97E2B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva