#C98E40#C98E40

#C98E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.118 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E40
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, 14.83, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 51.34, 73.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0383 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.118 71)
XYZ	xyz(34.6881, 32.1365, 9.2255)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E40 #407BC9

analogous

#C94A40 #C98E40 #BFC940

triadic

#C98E40 #40C98E #8E40C9

tetradic

#C98E40 #40C94A #407BC9 #C940BF

square

#C98E40 #40C94A #407BC9 #C940BF

split-complementary

#C98E40 #40BFC9 #4A40C9

monochromatic

#6F4D1F #9F6E2D #C98E40 #D6AA70 #E4C69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C98E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#C98E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E40

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E40	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.118 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf78',
    500: '#c98e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e40;
$custom-light: #deaf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.161,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69042,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.32134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E40

secondary

#94AED0

accent

#89DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E40

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

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