#C98A29#C98A29

#C98A29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.131 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98A29
RGB	rgb(201, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 79.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 15.95, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 59.95, 74.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0386 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.131 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5787, 30.7575, 6.2657)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98A29 #2968C9

analogous

#C93A29 #C98A29 #B8C929

triadic

#C98A29 #29C98A #8A29C9

tetradic

#C98A29 #29C93A #2968C9 #C929B8

square

#C98A29 #29C93A #2968C9 #C929B8

split-complementary

#C98A29 #29B8C9 #3A29C9

monochromatic

#634414 #96671F #C98A29 #DCA653 #E6C086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C98A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C98A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98A29

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98A29	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.131 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac6b',
    500: '#c98a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98a29;
$custom-light: #dfac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.375,
    "s": 66.116,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68087,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98A29

secondary

#7E9ED0

accent

#82E93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98A29

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

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