#C98638#C98638

#C98638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.123 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98638
RGB	rgb(201, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 18.78, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 54.08, 69.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0488 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.123 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3288, 29.7562, 7.7289)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98638 #387BC9

analogous

#C93E38 #C98638 #C3C938

triadic

#C98638 #38C986 #8638C9

tetradic

#C98638 #38C93E #387BC9 #C938C3

square

#C98638 #38C93E #387BC9 #C938C3

split-complementary

#C98638 #38C3C9 #3E38C9

monochromatic

#6A461D #9A662A #C98638 #D6A368 #E3C198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C98638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C98638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C98638

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98638	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.123 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea973',
    500: '#c98638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98638;
$custom-light: #dea973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.276,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67452,
    "c": 0.12344,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98638

secondary

#8EACCF

accent

#8EE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98638

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

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