#C98C38#C98C38

#C98C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98C38
RGB	rgb(201, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, 15.50, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 54.47, 73.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0392 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.123 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1817, 31.4621, 8.0132)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98C38 #3875C9

analogous

#C94438 #C98C38 #BDC938

triadic

#C98C38 #38C98C #8C38C9

tetradic

#C98C38 #38C944 #3875C9 #C938BD

square

#C98C38 #38C944 #3875C9 #C938BD

split-complementary

#C98C38 #38BDC9 #4438C9

monochromatic

#6A491D #9A6B2A #C98C38 #D6A868 #E3C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C98C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C98C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98C38

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98C38	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)

#A1902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dead73',
    500: '#c98c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98c38;
$custom-light: #dead73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.759,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68583,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98C38

secondary

#8EA9CF

accent

#88E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98C38

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

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