#C98B35#C98B35

#C98B35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.125 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98B35
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 15.90, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 55.58, 73.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% 0.0399 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.125 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9651, 31.1427, 7.5898)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98B35 #3573C9

analogous

#C94135 #C98B35 #BDC935

triadic

#C98B35 #35C98B #8B35C9

tetradic

#C98B35 #35C941 #3573C9 #C935BD

square

#C98B35 #35C941 #3573C9 #C935BD

split-complementary

#C98B35 #35BDC9 #4135C9

monochromatic

#68481B #996A28 #C98B35 #D6A765 #E3C395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C98B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C98B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98B35

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98B35	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#A08F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.125 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac71',
    500: '#c98b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98b35;
$custom-light: #deac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.865,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68367,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98B35

secondary

#8BA7CE

accent

#87E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98B35

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

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