#C98A36#C98A36

#C98A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.124 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98A36
RGB	rgb(201, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 16.49, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 55.11, 72.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0418 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.124 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8442, 30.8638, 7.6642)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98A36 #3675C9

analogous

#C94136 #C98A36 #BEC936

triadic

#C98A36 #36C98A #8A36C9

tetradic

#C98A36 #36C941 #3675C9 #C936BE

square

#C98A36 #36C941 #3675C9 #C936BE

split-complementary

#C98A36 #36BEC9 #4136C9

monochromatic

#69481C #996929 #C98A36 #D6A666 #E3C296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C98A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C98A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98A36

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98A36	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)

#9F8E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.124 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac72',
    500: '#c98a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98a36;
$custom-light: #deac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68186,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98A36

secondary

#8CA9CE

accent

#89E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98A36

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

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