#C98B31#C98B31

#C98B31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98B31
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 15.72, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 57.12, 74.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0389 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.127 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8769, 31.1074, 7.1253)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98B31 #316FC9

analogous

#C93F31 #C98B31 #BBC931

triadic

#C98B31 #31C98B #8B31C9

tetradic

#C98B31 #31C93F #316FC9 #C931BB

square

#C98B31 #31C93F #316FC9 #C931BB

split-complementary

#C98B31 #31BBC9 #3F31C9

monochromatic

#674719 #986925 #C98B31 #D8A75F #E4C290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C98B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C98B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98B31

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98B31	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)

#A18F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac6f',
    500: '#c98b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98b31;
$custom-light: #dfac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.526,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68334,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98B31

secondary

#87A4CF

accent

#85E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98B31

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

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