#C98B30#C98B30

#C98B30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.128 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98B30
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 48)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 15.68, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 57.50, 74.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0386 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.128 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8560, 31.0991, 7.0154)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98B30 #306EC9

analogous

#C93E30 #C98B30 #BBC930

triadic

#C98B30 #30C98B #8B30C9

tetradic

#C98B30 #30C93E #306EC9 #C930BB

square

#C98B30 #30C93E #306EC9 #C930BB

split-complementary

#C98B30 #30BBC9 #3E30C9

monochromatic

#664718 #986924 #C98B30 #D8A75E #E4C28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C98B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C98B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98B30

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98B30	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.128 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac6e',
    500: '#c98b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98b30;
$custom-light: #dfac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.686,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68326,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98B30

secondary

#86A4CF

accent

#85E543

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98B30

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

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