#C98E30#C98E30

#C98E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.128 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E30
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, 14.04, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 57.77, 75.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0338 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.128 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2964, 31.9798, 7.1622)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E30 #306BC9

analogous

#C94230 #C98E30 #B8C930

triadic

#C98E30 #30C98E #8E30C9

tetradic

#C98E30 #30C942 #306BC9 #C930B8

square

#C98E30 #30C942 #306BC9 #C930B8

split-complementary

#C98E30 #30B8C9 #4230C9

monochromatic

#664818 #986B24 #C98E30 #D8A95E #E4C38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C98E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#C98E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E30

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E30	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.128 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae6f',
    500: '#c98e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e30;
$custom-light: #deae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.863,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.689,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E30

secondary

#86A2CF

accent

#81E543

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E30

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

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