#C98A46#C98A46

#C98A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.114 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98A46
RGB	rgb(201, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(31, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 17.38, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 48.47, 68.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0467 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.114 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2837, 31.0396, 9.9788)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98A46 #4685C9

analogous

#C94846 #C98A46 #C7C946

triadic

#C98A46 #46C98A #8A46C9

tetradic

#C98A46 #46C948 #4685C9 #C946C7

square

#C98A46 #46C948 #4685C9 #C946C7

split-complementary

#C98A46 #46C7C9 #4846C9

monochromatic

#734C22 #A26B2F #C98A46 #D7A875 #E5C6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C98A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C98A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98A46

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98A46	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.114 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac7c',
    500: '#c98a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98a46;
$custom-light: #deac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.145,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68349,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98A46

secondary

#99B4D2

accent

#91DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98A46

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

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