#C98B49#C98B49

#C98B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98B49
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 17.03, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 47.24, 68.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0461 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.112 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5249, 31.3666, 10.5381)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98B49 #4987C9

analogous

#C94B49 #C98B49 #C7C949

triadic

#C98B49 #49C98B #8B49C9

tetradic

#C98B49 #49C94B #4987C9 #C949C7

square

#C98B49 #49C94B #4987C9 #C949C7

split-complementary

#C98B49 #49C7C9 #4B49C9

monochromatic

#754D23 #A46C31 #C98B49 #D7A978 #E5C7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C98B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C98B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98B49

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98B49	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddad7e',
    500: '#c98b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98b49;
$custom-light: #ddad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.938,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68573,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98B49

secondary

#9CB6D2

accent

#92DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98B49

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

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