#C98A37#C98A37

#C98A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.124 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98A37
RGB	rgb(201, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 16.54, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 54.71, 72.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0421 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.124 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8679, 30.8732, 7.7891)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98A37 #3776C9

analogous

#C94137 #C98A37 #BFC937

triadic

#C98A37 #37C98A #8A37C9

tetradic

#C98A37 #37C941 #3776C9 #C937BF

square

#C98A37 #37C941 #3776C9 #C937BF

split-complementary

#C98A37 #37BFC9 #4137C9

monochromatic

#69481C #996929 #C98A37 #D6A667 #E3C297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C98A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C98A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98A37

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98A37	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)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.124 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac72',
    500: '#c98a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98a37;
$custom-light: #deac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.11,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68195,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98A37

secondary

#8DA9CF

accent

#89E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98A37

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

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