#C98E33#C98E33

#C98E33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E33
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 14.17, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 56.63, 75.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0346 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.126 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3604, 32.0054, 7.4993)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E33 #336EC9

analogous

#C94333 #C98E33 #B9C933

triadic

#C98E33 #33C98E #8E33C9

tetradic

#C98E33 #33C943 #336EC9 #C933B9

square

#C98E33 #33C943 #336EC9 #C933B9

split-complementary

#C98E33 #33B9C9 #4333C9

monochromatic

#67491A #986C27 #C98E33 #D7A962 #E4C493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C98E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#C98E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E33

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E33	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)

#A39126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf70',
    500: '#c98e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e33;
$custom-light: #deaf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68923,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E33

secondary

#89A5CF

accent

#83E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E33

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →