#C98A35#C98A35

#C98A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.125 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98A35
RGB	rgb(201, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 16.45, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 55.50, 72.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0415 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.125 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8209, 30.8545, 7.5417)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98A35 #3574C9

analogous

#C94035 #C98A35 #BEC935

triadic

#C98A35 #35C98A #8A35C9

tetradic

#C98A35 #35C940 #3574C9 #C935BE

square

#C98A35 #35C940 #3574C9 #C935BE

split-complementary

#C98A35 #35BEC9 #4035C9

monochromatic

#68471B #996928 #C98A35 #D6A665 #E3C295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C98A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C98A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98A35

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98A35	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.125 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac71',
    500: '#c98a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98a35;
$custom-light: #deac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.459,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68177,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98A35

secondary

#8BA8CE

accent

#88E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98A35

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

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