#C98C39#C98C39

#C98C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.122 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98C39
RGB	rgb(201, 140, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, 15.55, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 54.06, 73.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0394 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.122 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2064, 31.4720, 8.1433)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98C39 #3976C9

analogous

#C94439 #C98C39 #BEC939

triadic

#C98C39 #39C98C #8C39C9

tetradic

#C98C39 #39C944 #3976C9 #C939BE

square

#C98C39 #39C944 #3976C9 #C939BE

split-complementary

#C98C39 #39BEC9 #4439C9

monochromatic

#6B4A1D #9B6B2A #C98C39 #D6A869 #E3C499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C98C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C98C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98C39

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98C39	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)

#A1902F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 140, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.122 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dead74',
    500: '#c98c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98c39;
$custom-light: #dead74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.583,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68592,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98C39

secondary

#8FAACF

accent

#88E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98C39

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

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