#C98538#C98538

#C98538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.124 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98538
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 19.32, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 54.04, 69.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0504 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.124 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1912, 29.4811, 7.6830)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98538 #387CC9

analogous

#C93C38 #C98538 #C4C938

triadic

#C98538 #38C985 #8538C9

tetradic

#C98538 #38C93C #387CC9 #C938C4

square

#C98538 #38C93C #387CC9 #C938C4

split-complementary

#C98538 #38C4C9 #3C38C9

monochromatic

#6A461D #9A652A #C98538 #D6A368 #E3C098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C98538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#C98538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C98538

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98538	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.124 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea873',
    500: '#c98538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98538;
$custom-light: #dea873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.862,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67266,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98538

secondary

#8EACCF

accent

#8FE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98538

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

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