#C98942#C98942

#C98942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98942
RGB	rgb(201, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 17.68, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 50.11, 69.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.047 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.117 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0188, 30.7051, 9.2882)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98942 #4282C9

analogous

#C94642 #C98942 #C5C942

triadic

#C98942 #42C989 #8942C9

tetradic

#C98942 #42C946 #4282C9 #C942C5

square

#C98942 #42C946 #4282C9 #C942C5

split-complementary

#C98942 #42C5C9 #4642C9

monochromatic

#704A20 #A06A2E #C98942 #D7A772 #E4C4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C98942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C98942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98942

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98942	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)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deab79',
    500: '#c98942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98942;
$custom-light: #deab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68115,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98942

secondary

#96B2D1

accent

#90DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98942

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

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