#C98738#C98738

#C98738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.123 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98738
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, 18.23, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 54.13, 70.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% 0.0472 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.123 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4676, 30.0340, 7.7751)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98738 #387AC9

analogous

#C93F38 #C98738 #C2C938

triadic

#C98738 #38C987 #8738C9

tetradic

#C98738 #38C93F #387AC9 #C938C2

square

#C98738 #38C93F #387AC9 #C938C2

split-complementary

#C98738 #38C2C9 #3F38C9

monochromatic

#6A471D #9A672A #C98738 #D6A468 #E3C198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C98738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#C98738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98738

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98738	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.123 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaa73',
    500: '#c98738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98738;
$custom-light: #deaa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.69,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67639,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98738

secondary

#8EACCF

accent

#8DE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98738

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

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