#C98C42#C98C42

#C98C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.117 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98C42
RGB	rgb(201, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 16.04, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 50.31, 71.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0422 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.117 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4512, 31.5699, 9.4324)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98C42 #427FC9

analogous

#C94842 #C98C42 #C3C942

triadic

#C98C42 #42C98C #8C42C9

tetradic

#C98C42 #42C948 #427FC9 #C942C3

square

#C98C42 #42C948 #427FC9 #C942C3

split-complementary

#C98C42 #42C3C9 #4842C9

monochromatic

#704C20 #A06C2E #C98C42 #D7A972 #E4C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C98C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#C98C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98C42

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98C42	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.117 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dead79',
    500: '#c98c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98c42;
$custom-light: #dead79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68682,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98C42

secondary

#96B1D1

accent

#8DDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98C42

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

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