#C98A30#C98A30

#C98A30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.128 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98A30
RGB	rgb(201, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(35, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, 16.23, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 57.43, 73.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0402 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.128 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7119, 30.8108, 6.9673)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98A30 #306FC9

analogous

#C93E30 #C98A30 #BCC930

triadic

#C98A30 #30C98A #8A30C9

tetradic

#C98A30 #30C93E #306FC9 #C930BC

square

#C98A30 #30C93E #306FC9 #C930BC

split-complementary

#C98A30 #30BCC9 #3E30C9

monochromatic

#664618 #986824 #C98A30 #D8A65E #E4C18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C98A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#C98A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98A30

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98A30	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.128 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac6e',
    500: '#c98a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98a30;
$custom-light: #dfac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68137,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98A30

secondary

#86A4CF

accent

#86E543

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98A30

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

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