#C98E39#C98E39

#C98E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.122 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E39
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, 14.46, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 54.25, 74.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0362 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.122 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5013, 32.0618, 8.2416)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E39 #3974C9

analogous

#C94639 #C98E39 #BCC939

triadic

#C98E39 #39C98E #8E39C9

tetradic

#C98E39 #39C946 #3974C9 #C939BC

square

#C98E39 #39C946 #3974C9 #C939BC

split-complementary

#C98E39 #39BCC9 #4639C9

monochromatic

#6B4B1D #9B6D2A #C98E39 #D6A969 #E3C599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C98E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#C98E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E39

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E39	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)

#A3912E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.122 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf74',
    500: '#c98e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e39;
$custom-light: #deaf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.417,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68974,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E39

secondary

#8FA9CF

accent

#86E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E39

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

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