#C98438#C98438

#C98438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.124 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98438
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(31, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 19.87, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 54.00, 68.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% 0.052 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.124 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0550, 29.2086, 7.6376)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98438 #387DC9

analogous

#C93B38 #C98438 #C6C938

triadic

#C98438 #38C984 #8438C9

tetradic

#C98438 #38C93B #387DC9 #C938C6

square

#C98438 #38C93B #387DC9 #C938C6

split-complementary

#C98438 #38C6C9 #3B38C9

monochromatic

#6A451D #9A652A #C98438 #D6A268 #E3C098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#C98438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#C98438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C98438

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98438	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.124 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa873',
    500: '#c98438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98438;
$custom-light: #dfa873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.448,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67081,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98438

secondary

#8EADCF

accent

#90E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98438

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

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