#C98E2E#C98E2E

#C98E2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E2E
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 13.96, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 58.51, 76.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% 0.0334 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.129 75)
XYZ	xyz(34.2560, 31.9637, 6.9497)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E2E #2E69C9

analogous

#C9402E #C98E2E #B6C92E

triadic

#C98E2E #2EC98E #8E2EC9

tetradic

#C98E2E #2EC940 #2E69C9 #C92EB6

square

#C98E2E #2EC940 #2E69C9 #C92EB6

split-complementary

#C98E2E #2EB6C9 #402EC9

monochromatic

#654817 #976B23 #C98E2E #D9A95B #E5C38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C98E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#C98E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E2E

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E2E	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3911F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfae6e',
    500: '#c98e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e2e;
$custom-light: #dfae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.161,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68885,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.31961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E2E

secondary

#84A0CF

accent

#80E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E2E

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

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