#C98F42#C98F42

#C98F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.117 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98F42
RGB	rgb(201, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 14.40, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 50.59, 73.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0373 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.117 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8955, 32.4586, 9.5805)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98F42 #427CC9

analogous

#C94B42 #C98F42 #C0C942

triadic

#C98F42 #42C98F #8F42C9

tetradic

#C98F42 #42C94B #427CC9 #C942C0

square

#C98F42 #42C94B #427CC9 #C942C0

split-complementary

#C98F42 #42C0C9 #4B42C9

monochromatic

#704E20 #A06F2E #C98F42 #D7AB72 #E4C7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C98F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#C98F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98F42

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98F42	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)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.117 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf7a',
    500: '#c98f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98f42;
$custom-light: #deaf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69255,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98F42

secondary

#96AFD1

accent

#89DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98F42

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

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