#C68A35#C68A35

#C68A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.123 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68A35
RGB	rgb(198, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 15.15, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 54.68, 73.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0379 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.123 72)
XYZ	xyz(33.0221, 30.4426, 7.5043)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68A35 #3571C6

analogous

#C64135 #C68A35 #BAC635

triadic

#C68A35 #35C68A #8A35C6

tetradic

#C68A35 #35C641 #3571C6 #C635BA

square

#C68A35 #35C641 #3571C6 #C635BA

split-complementary

#C68A35 #35BAC6 #4135C6

monochromatic

#65471B #966828 #C68A35 #D5A663 #E2C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C68A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C68A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68A35

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68A35	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.123 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac71',
    500: '#c68a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68a35;
$custom-light: #dcac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67827,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.3044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68A35

secondary

#8AA6CD

accent

#87E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68A35

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

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