#C98E34#C98E34

#C98E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E34
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 14.22, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 56.24, 75.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.0349 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.125 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3827, 32.0143, 7.6167)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E34 #346FC9

analogous

#C94434 #C98E34 #B9C934

triadic

#C98E34 #34C98E #8E34C9

tetradic

#C98E34 #34C944 #346FC9 #C934B9

square

#C98E34 #34C944 #346FC9 #C934B9

split-complementary

#C98E34 #34B9C9 #4434C9

monochromatic

#68491B #986C27 #C98E34 #D7A963 #E3C494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C98E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#C98E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E34

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E34	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)

#A39128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf71',
    500: '#c98e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e34;
$custom-light: #deaf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.242,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68931,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E34

secondary

#8AA5CE

accent

#84E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E34

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

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