#C98C28#C98C28

#C98C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.132 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98C28
RGB	rgb(201, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 80.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 14.83, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 60.44, 75.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% 0.0352 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.132 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8510, 31.3298, 6.2715)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98C28 #2865C9

analogous

#C93B28 #C98C28 #B6C928

triadic

#C98C28 #28C98C #8C28C9

tetradic

#C98C28 #28C93B #2865C9 #C928B6

square

#C98C28 #28C93B #2865C9 #C928B6

split-complementary

#C98C28 #28B6C9 #3B28C9

monochromatic

#634514 #96681E #C98C28 #DDA852 #E7C285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C98C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C98C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98C28

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98C28	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)

#A28F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.132 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfad6a',
    500: '#c98c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98c28;
$custom-light: #dfad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.267,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68462,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98C28

secondary

#7D9CD0

accent

#7FEA3E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98C28

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

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