#C98E35#C98E35

#C98E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E35
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, 14.26, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 55.85, 75.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% 0.0351 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.125 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4054, 32.0234, 7.7366)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E35 #3570C9

analogous

#C94435 #C98E35 #BAC935

triadic

#C98E35 #35C98E #8E35C9

tetradic

#C98E35 #35C944 #3570C9 #C935BA

square

#C98E35 #35C944 #3570C9 #C935BA

split-complementary

#C98E35 #35BAC9 #4435C9

monochromatic

#684A1B #996C28 #C98E35 #D6A965 #E3C495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C98E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#C98E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E35

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E35	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)

#A39129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf72',
    500: '#c98e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e35;
$custom-light: #deaf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.081,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68939,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E35

secondary

#8BA6CE

accent

#84E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E35

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

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