#C97E31#C97E31

#C97E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.129 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E31
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 49)
HSL	hsl(30, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(30, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 22.82, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 56.65, 66.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0598 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.129 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1052, 27.5642, 6.5347)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E31 #317CC9

analogous

#C93231 #C97E31 #C8C931

triadic

#C97E31 #31C97E #7E31C9

tetradic

#C97E31 #31C932 #317CC9 #C931C8

square

#C97E31 #31C932 #317CC9 #C931C8

split-complementary

#C97E31 #31C8C9 #3231C9

monochromatic

#674019 #985F25 #C97E31 #D89C5F #E4BB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C97E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#C97E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E31

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E31	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.129 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa36e',
    500: '#c97e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e31;
$custom-light: #dfa36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.395,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65921,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E31

secondary

#87AACF

accent

#93E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E31

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

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