#C97F18#C97F18

#C97F18 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.139 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97F18
RGB	rgb(201, 127, 24)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(35, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 21.47, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 64.70, 70.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.053 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.139 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8444, 27.6654, 4.5269)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97F18 #1862C9

analogous

#C92618 #C97F18 #BBC918

triadic

#C97F18 #18C97F #7F18C9

tetradic

#C97F18 #18C926 #1862C9 #C918BB

square

#C97F18 #18C926 #1862C9 #C918BB

split-complementary

#C97F18 #18BBC9 #2618C9

monochromatic

#5C3A0B #925C11 #C97F18 #E79E37 #EEB86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C97F18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#C97F18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97F18

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97F18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97F18	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9961B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97f18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 127, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.139 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a462',
    500: '#c97f18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97f18;
$custom-light: #e0a462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97f18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.915,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65947,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97F18

secondary

#6996D4

accent

#84F533

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97F18

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

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