#C98D40#C98D40

#C98D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.118 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98D40
RGB	rgb(201, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, 15.38, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 51.25, 72.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0399 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.118 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5400, 31.8403, 9.1762)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98D40 #407CC9

analogous

#C94940 #C98D40 #C0C940

triadic

#C98D40 #40C98D #8D40C9

tetradic

#C98D40 #40C949 #407CC9 #C940C0

square

#C98D40 #40C949 #407CC9 #C940C0

split-complementary

#C98D40 #40C0C9 #4940C9

monochromatic

#6F4C1F #9F6D2D #C98D40 #D6A970 #E4C69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C98D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#C98D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98D40

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98D40	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.118 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae78',
    500: '#c98d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98d40;
$custom-light: #deae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.723,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68851,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98D40

secondary

#94AFD0

accent

#8BDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98D40

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

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