#C98B33#C98B33

#C98B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.126 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98B33
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 15.81, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 56.36, 73.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0394 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.126 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9200, 31.1247, 7.3525)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98B33 #3371C9

analogous

#C94033 #C98B33 #BCC933

triadic

#C98B33 #33C98B #8B33C9

tetradic

#C98B33 #33C940 #3371C9 #C933BC

square

#C98B33 #33C940 #3371C9 #C933BC

split-complementary

#C98B33 #33BCC9 #4033C9

monochromatic

#67471A #986927 #C98B33 #D7A762 #E4C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C98B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C98B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98B33

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98B33	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)

#A08F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.126 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac70',
    500: '#c98b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98b33;
$custom-light: #deac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6835,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98B33

secondary

#89A6CF

accent

#86E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98B33

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

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