#C98E42#C98E42

#C98E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.117 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E42
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 14.95, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 50.49, 72.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0389 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.117 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7461, 32.1597, 9.5307)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E42 #427DC9

analogous

#C94B42 #C98E42 #C1C942

triadic

#C98E42 #42C98E #8E42C9

tetradic

#C98E42 #42C94B #427DC9 #C942C1

square

#C98E42 #42C94B #427DC9 #C942C1

split-complementary

#C98E42 #42C1C9 #4B42C9

monochromatic

#704D20 #A06E2E #C98E42 #D7AA72 #E4C7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C98E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#C98E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E42

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E42	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)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.117 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf79',
    500: '#c98e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e42;
$custom-light: #deaf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69063,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E42

secondary

#96B0D1

accent

#8ADF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E42

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

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