#C98B40#C98B40

#C98B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.118 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98B40
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 16.47, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 51.08, 71.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0431 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.118 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2478, 31.2558, 9.0787)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98B40 #407EC9

analogous

#C94740 #C98B40 #C2C940

triadic

#C98B40 #40C98B #8B40C9

tetradic

#C98B40 #40C947 #407EC9 #C940C2

square

#C98B40 #40C947 #407EC9 #C940C2

split-complementary

#C98B40 #40C2C9 #4740C9

monochromatic

#6F4B1F #9F6B2D #C98B40 #D6A870 #E4C59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C98B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#C98B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98B40

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98B40	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.118 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac78',
    500: '#c98b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98b40;
$custom-light: #deac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.847,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68471,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98B40

secondary

#94B0D0

accent

#8DDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98B40

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

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