#C68738#C68738

#C68738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.121 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68738
RGB	rgb(198, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 16.94, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 53.25, 71.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.0436 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.121 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6688, 29.6221, 7.7377)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68738 #3877C6

analogous

#C64038 #C68738 #BEC638

triadic

#C68738 #38C687 #8738C6

tetradic

#C68738 #38C640 #3877C6 #C638BE

square

#C68738 #38C640 #3877C6 #C638BE

split-complementary

#C68738 #38BEC6 #4038C6

monochromatic

#67461D #96662B #C68738 #D4A467 #E2C097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C68738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#C68738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C68738

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68738	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.121 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaa73',
    500: '#c68738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68738;
$custom-light: #dcaa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.38,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67284,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68738

secondary

#8DA9CD

accent

#8BDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68738

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

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