#C98B38#C98B38

#C98B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.123 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98B38
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 16.05, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 54.38, 72.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% 0.0408 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.123 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0363, 31.1712, 7.9647)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98B38 #3876C9

analogous

#C94338 #C98B38 #BEC938

triadic

#C98B38 #38C98B #8B38C9

tetradic

#C98B38 #38C943 #3876C9 #C938BE

square

#C98B38 #38C943 #3876C9 #C938BE

split-complementary

#C98B38 #38BEC9 #4338C9

monochromatic

#6A491D #9A6A2A #C98B38 #D6A768 #E3C398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C98B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C98B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98B38

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98B38	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)

#A08F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.123 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac73',
    500: '#c98b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98b38;
$custom-light: #deac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.345,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68393,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98B38

secondary

#8EAACF

accent

#89E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98B38

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

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