#C98D42#C98D42

#C98D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.117 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98D42
RGB	rgb(201, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, 15.50, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 50.40, 72.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% 0.0405 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.117 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5980, 31.8635, 9.4813)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98D42 #427EC9

analogous

#C94942 #C98D42 #C2C942

triadic

#C98D42 #42C98D #8D42C9

tetradic

#C98D42 #42C949 #427EC9 #C942C2

square

#C98D42 #42C949 #427EC9 #C942C2

split-complementary

#C98D42 #42C2C9 #4942C9

monochromatic

#704D20 #A06D2E #C98D42 #D7AA72 #E4C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C98D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#C98D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98D42

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98D42	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)

#A1913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.117 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae79',
    500: '#c98d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98d42;
$custom-light: #deae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68872,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98D42

secondary

#96B0D1

accent

#8CDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98D42

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

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