#C98542#C98542

#C98542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.118 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98542
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 19.87, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 49.94, 66.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.0535 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.118 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4607, 29.5889, 9.1022)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98542 #4286C9

analogous

#C94242 #C98542 #C9C942

triadic

#C98542 #42C985 #8542C9

tetradic

#C98542 #42C942 #4286C9 #C942C9

square

#C98542 #42C942 #4286C9 #C942C9

split-complementary

#C98542 #42C9C9 #4242C9

monochromatic

#704820 #A0662E #C98542 #D7A472 #E4C2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C98542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#C98542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C98542

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98542	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.118 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea879',
    500: '#c98542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98542;
$custom-light: #dea879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67369,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98542

secondary

#96B4D1

accent

#94DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98542

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

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