#C98516#C98516

#C98516 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.138 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98516
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 22)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 18.16, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 65.25, 73.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0432 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.138 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6224, 29.2536, 4.6874)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98516 #165AC9

analogous

#C92C16 #C98516 #B3C916

triadic

#C98516 #16C985 #8516C9

tetradic

#C98516 #16C92C #165AC9 #C916B3

square

#C98516 #16C92C #165AC9 #C916B3

split-complementary

#C98516 #16B3C9 #2C16C9

monochromatic

#5B3C0A #926010 #C98516 #E9A433 #EFBD6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#C98516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#C98516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C98516

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98516	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.138 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a862',
    500: '#c98516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98516;
$custom-light: #e0a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.207,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67048,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98516

secondary

#6790D4

accent

#7CF731

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98516

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

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