#C98D39#C98D39

#C98D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.122 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98D39
RGB	rgb(201, 141, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 15.00, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 54.15, 73.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0378 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.122 72)
XYZ	xyz(34.3532, 31.7656, 8.1922)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98D39 #3975C9

analogous

#C94539 #C98D39 #BDC939

triadic

#C98D39 #39C98D #8D39C9

tetradic

#C98D39 #39C945 #3975C9 #C939BD

square

#C98D39 #39C945 #3975C9 #C939BD

split-complementary

#C98D39 #39BDC9 #4539C9

monochromatic

#6B4A1D #9B6C2A #C98D39 #D6A969 #E3C499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C98D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C98D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98D39

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98D39	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)

#A2902F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 141, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.122 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae74',
    500: '#c98d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98d39;
$custom-light: #deae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68783,
    "c": 0.12237,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.31763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98D39

secondary

#8FAACF

accent

#87E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98D39

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

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