#C98E45#C98E45

#C98E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.115 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E45
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 15.13, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 49.20, 72.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0399 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.115 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8368, 32.1960, 10.0087)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E45 #4580C9

analogous

#C94C45 #C98E45 #C2C945

triadic

#C98E45 #45C98E #8E45C9

tetradic

#C98E45 #45C94C #4580C9 #C945C2

square

#C98E45 #45C94C #4580C9 #C945C2

split-complementary

#C98E45 #45C2C9 #4C45C9

monochromatic

#724E21 #A26E2F #C98E45 #D7AB74 #E5C8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#C98E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#C98E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E45

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E45	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2923D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.115 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf7b',
    500: '#c98e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e45;
$custom-light: #deaf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69096,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E45

secondary

#98B2D1

accent

#8CDE49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E45

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

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