#C98940#C98940

#C98940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.118 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98940
RGB	rgb(201, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, 17.57, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 50.95, 69.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0464 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.118 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9608, 30.6819, 8.9831)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98940 #4080C9

analogous

#C94540 #C98940 #C4C940

triadic

#C98940 #40C989 #8940C9

tetradic

#C98940 #40C945 #4080C9 #C940C4

square

#C98940 #40C945 #4080C9 #C940C4

split-complementary

#C98940 #40C4C9 #4540C9

monochromatic

#6F4A1F #9F6A2D #C98940 #D6A670 #E4C49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C98940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C98940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98940

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98940	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.118 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deab78',
    500: '#c98940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98940;
$custom-light: #deab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.971,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68094,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98940

secondary

#94B0D0

accent

#8FDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98940

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

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