#C98231#C98231

#C98231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.128 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98231
RGB	rgb(201, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(32, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 20.64, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 56.68, 68.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.0533 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.128 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6270, 28.6076, 6.7087)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98231 #3178C9

analogous

#C93631 #C98231 #C4C931

triadic

#C98231 #31C982 #8231C9

tetradic

#C98231 #31C936 #3178C9 #C931C4

square

#C98231 #31C936 #3178C9 #C931C4

split-complementary

#C98231 #31C4C9 #3631C9

monochromatic

#674219 #986225 #C98231 #D8A05F #E4BD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#C98231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#C98231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C98231

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98231	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.128 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa66e',
    500: '#c98231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98231;
$custom-light: #dfa66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.974,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6665,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98231

secondary

#87A9CF

accent

#8FE444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98231

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

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