#C98E56#C98E56

#C98E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.102 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E56
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, 16.34, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 41.77, 66.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0459 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.102 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4422, 32.4381, 13.1968)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E56 #5691C9

analogous

#C95658 #C98E56 #C9C856

triadic

#C98E56 #56C98E #8E56C9

tetradic

#C98E56 #58C956 #5691C9 #C856C9

square

#C98E56 #58C956 #5691C9 #C856C9

split-complementary

#C98E56 #56C9C8 #5658C9

monochromatic

#7D5128 #AB6F37 #C98E56 #D8AD84 #E7CCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C98E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#C98E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E56

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E56	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.102 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaf87',
    500: '#c98e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e56;
$custom-light: #ddaf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.217,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69315,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E56

secondary

#A6BED5

accent

#96DB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E56

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

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