#C98A42#C98A42

#C98A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98A42
RGB	rgb(201, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 17.14, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 50.17, 70.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0454 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.117 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1616, 30.9907, 9.3358)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98A42 #4281C9

analogous

#C94642 #C98A42 #C5C942

triadic

#C98A42 #42C98A #8A42C9

tetradic

#C98A42 #42C946 #4281C9 #C942C5

square

#C98A42 #42C946 #4281C9 #C942C5

split-complementary

#C98A42 #42C5C9 #4642C9

monochromatic

#704B20 #A06B2E #C98A42 #D7A772 #E4C5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C98A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#C98A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98A42

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98A42	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac79',
    500: '#c98a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98a42;
$custom-light: #deac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68304,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98A42

secondary

#96B1D1

accent

#8FDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98A42

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

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