#C98B37#C98B37

#C98B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.124 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98B37
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 16.00, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 54.78, 73.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0405 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.124 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0120, 31.1615, 7.8372)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98B37 #3775C9

analogous

#C94237 #C98B37 #BEC937

triadic

#C98B37 #37C98B #8B37C9

tetradic

#C98B37 #37C942 #3775C9 #C937BE

square

#C98B37 #37C942 #3775C9 #C937BE

split-complementary

#C98B37 #37BEC9 #4237C9

monochromatic

#69491C #996A29 #C98B37 #D6A767 #E3C397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C98B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C98B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98B37

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98B37	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)

#A08F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.124 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac72',
    500: '#c98b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98b37;
$custom-light: #deac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.521,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68384,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98B37

secondary

#8DA9CF

accent

#88E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98B37

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

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