#C98D38#C98D38

#C98D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.123 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98D38
RGB	rgb(201, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 14.95, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 54.55, 74.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0376 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.123 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3285, 31.7557, 8.0621)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98D38 #3874C9

analogous

#C94438 #C98D38 #BDC938

triadic

#C98D38 #38C98D #8D38C9

tetradic

#C98D38 #38C944 #3874C9 #C938BD

square

#C98D38 #38C944 #3874C9 #C938BD

split-complementary

#C98D38 #38BDC9 #4438C9

monochromatic

#6A4A1D #9A6C2A #C98D38 #D6A968 #E3C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C98D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C98D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98D38

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98D38	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)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.123 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae73',
    500: '#c98d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98d38;
$custom-light: #deae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68774,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98D38

secondary

#8EA9CF

accent

#87E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98D38

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

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