#C68838#C68838

#C68838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.121 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68838
RGB	rgb(198, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 16.39, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 53.32, 72.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.042 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.121 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8090, 29.9025, 7.7844)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68838 #3876C6

analogous

#C64138 #C68838 #BDC638

triadic

#C68838 #38C688 #8838C6

tetradic

#C68838 #38C641 #3876C6 #C638BD

square

#C68838 #38C641 #3876C6 #C638BD

split-complementary

#C68838 #38BDC6 #4138C6

monochromatic

#67461D #96672B #C68838 #D4A567 #E2C197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C68838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C68838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C68838

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68838	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.121 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaa73',
    500: '#c68838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68838;
$custom-light: #dcaa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.803,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67473,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68838

secondary

#8DA9CD

accent

#8ADF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68838

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

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