#C98D36#C98D36

#C98D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.124 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98D36
RGB	rgb(201, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 14.86, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 55.36, 74.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% 0.037 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.124 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2806, 31.7365, 7.8096)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98D36 #3672C9

analogous

#C94336 #C98D36 #BCC936

triadic

#C98D36 #36C98D #8D36C9

tetradic

#C98D36 #36C943 #3672C9 #C936BC

square

#C98D36 #36C943 #3672C9 #C936BC

split-complementary

#C98D36 #36BCC9 #4336C9

monochromatic

#69491C #996B29 #C98D36 #D6A866 #E3C496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C98D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C98D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98D36

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98D36	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.124 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae72',
    500: '#c98d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98d36;
$custom-light: #deae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68756,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98D36

secondary

#8CA7CE

accent

#86E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98D36

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

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