#C98B42#C98B42

#C98B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.117 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98B42
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, 16.59, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 50.24, 70.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0438 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.117 68)
XYZ	xyz(34.3057, 31.2790, 9.3839)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98B42 #4280C9

analogous

#C94742 #C98B42 #C4C942

triadic

#C98B42 #42C98B #8B42C9

tetradic

#C98B42 #42C947 #4280C9 #C942C4

square

#C98B42 #42C947 #4280C9 #C942C4

split-complementary

#C98B42 #42C4C9 #4742C9

monochromatic

#704C20 #A06C2E #C98B42 #D7A872 #E4C5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C98B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C98B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98B42

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98B42	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.117 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac79',
    500: '#c98b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98b42;
$custom-light: #deac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68493,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.31276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98B42

secondary

#96B1D1

accent

#8EDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98B42

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

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