#C98A38#C98A38

#C98A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98A38
RGB	rgb(201, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, 16.59, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 54.31, 72.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0424 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.123 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8921, 30.8829, 7.9166)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98A38 #3877C9

analogous

#C94138 #C98A38 #BFC938

triadic

#C98A38 #38C98A #8A38C9

tetradic

#C98A38 #38C941 #3877C9 #C938BF

square

#C98A38 #38C941 #3877C9 #C938BF

split-complementary

#C98A38 #38BFC9 #4138C9

monochromatic

#6A481D #9A692A #C98A38 #D6A668 #E3C398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C98A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#C98A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98A38

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98A38	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac73',
    500: '#c98a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98a38;
$custom-light: #deac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.931,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68204,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98A38

secondary

#8EAACF

accent

#8AE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98A38

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

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