#C98616#C98616

#C98616 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.138 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98616
RGB	rgb(201, 134, 22)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 17.61, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 65.28, 74.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0416 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.138 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7600, 29.5287, 4.7332)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98616 #1659C9

analogous

#C92C16 #C98616 #B2C916

triadic

#C98616 #16C986 #8616C9

tetradic

#C98616 #16C92C #1659C9 #C916B2

square

#C98616 #16C92C #1659C9 #C916B2

split-complementary

#C98616 #16B2C9 #2C16C9

monochromatic

#5B3C0A #926110 #C98616 #E9A533 #EFBD6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C98616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#C98616 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C98616

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98616	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 134, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.138 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a962',
    500: '#c98616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98616;
$custom-light: #e0a962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.542,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67236,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98616

secondary

#6790D4

accent

#7BF731

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98616

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

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