#C98C36#C98C36

#C98C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.124 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98C36
RGB	rgb(201, 140, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 15.40, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 55.27, 73.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0386 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.124 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1338, 31.4429, 7.7607)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98C36 #3673C9

analogous

#C94236 #C98C36 #BDC936

triadic

#C98C36 #36C98C #8C36C9

tetradic

#C98C36 #36C942 #3673C9 #C936BD

square

#C98C36 #36C942 #3673C9 #C936BD

split-complementary

#C98C36 #36BDC9 #4236C9

monochromatic

#69491C #996A29 #C98C36 #D6A866 #E3C396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C98C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C98C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98C36

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98C36	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 140, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.124 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dead72',
    500: '#c98c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98c36;
$custom-light: #dead72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.102,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68566,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98C36

secondary

#8CA8CE

accent

#87E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98C36

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

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