#C97E3D#C97E3D

#C97E3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.123 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E3D
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 61)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 23.40, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 51.97, 63.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0633 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.123 59)
XYZ	xyz(32.3931, 27.6793, 8.0506)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E3D #3D88C9

analogous

#C93D42 #C97E3D #C9C43D

triadic

#C97E3D #3DC97E #7E3DC9

tetradic

#C97E3D #42C93D #3D88C9 #C43DC9

square

#C97E3D #42C93D #3D88C9 #C43DC9

split-complementary

#C97E3D #3DC9C4 #3D42C9

monochromatic

#6D431E #9D602C #C97E3D #D69E6D #E4BE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C97E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#C97E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E3D

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E3D	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.123 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa375',
    500: '#c97e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e3d;
$custom-light: #dfa375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66036,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.27676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E3D

secondary

#92B3D0

accent

#99E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E3D

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

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