#C98F59#C98F59

#C98F59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.100 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98F59
RGB	rgb(201, 143, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 16.03, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 40.52, 66.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.0454 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.1 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7150, 32.7864, 13.8966)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98F59 #5993C9

analogous

#C9595B #C98F59 #C9C759

triadic

#C98F59 #59C98F #8F59C9

tetradic

#C98F59 #5BC959 #5993C9 #C759C9

square

#C98F59 #5BC959 #5993C9 #C759C9

split-complementary

#C98F59 #59C9C7 #595BC9

monochromatic

#7E5229 #AD7038 #C98F59 #D8AE87 #E7CDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C98F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#C98F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98F59

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98F59	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 143, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.100 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaf89',
    500: '#c98f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98f59;
$custom-light: #ddaf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.929,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69549,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98F59

secondary

#A8C0D6

accent

#96DA4D

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98F59

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

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