#C98A4E#C98A4E

#C98A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.109 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98A4E
RGB	rgb(201, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 17.92, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 45.03, 66.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% 0.0495 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.109 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5532, 31.1474, 11.3985)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98A4E #4E8DC9

analogous

#C94E50 #C98A4E #C9C74E

triadic

#C98A4E #4EC98A #8A4EC9

tetradic

#C98A4E #50C94E #4E8DC9 #C74EC9

square

#C98A4E #50C94E #4E8DC9 #C74EC9

split-complementary

#C98A4E #4EC9C7 #4E50C9

monochromatic

#784D25 #A76B33 #C98A4E #D7A97D #E6C8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C98A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C98A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98A4E

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98A4E	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.109 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac81',
    500: '#c98a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98a4e;
$custom-light: #ddac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.268,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68449,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98A4E

secondary

#9FBAD3

accent

#96DD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98A4E

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

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