#C98E37#C98E37

#C98E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.124 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E37
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 14.36, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 55.05, 74.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0357 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.124 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4524, 32.0422, 7.9839)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E37 #3772C9

analogous

#C94537 #C98E37 #BBC937

triadic

#C98E37 #37C98E #8E37C9

tetradic

#C98E37 #37C945 #3772C9 #C937BB

square

#C98E37 #37C945 #3772C9 #C937BB

split-complementary

#C98E37 #37BBC9 #4537C9

monochromatic

#694A1C #996C29 #C98E37 #D6A967 #E3C497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C98E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#C98E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E37

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E37	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.124 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf73',
    500: '#c98e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e37;
$custom-light: #deaf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.753,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68956,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E37

secondary

#8DA8CF

accent

#85E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E37

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

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