#C68A38#C68A38

#C68A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.121 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68A38
RGB	rgb(198, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 15.29, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 53.47, 73.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0388 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.121 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0933, 30.4711, 7.8792)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68A38 #3874C6

analogous

#C64338 #C68A38 #BBC638

triadic

#C68A38 #38C68A #8A38C6

tetradic

#C68A38 #38C643 #3874C6 #C638BB

square

#C68A38 #38C643 #3874C6 #C638BB

split-complementary

#C68A38 #38BBC6 #4338C6

monochromatic

#67471D #96692B #C68A38 #D4A667 #E2C297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C68A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C68A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68A38

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68A38	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)

#9F8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.121 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac73',
    500: '#c68a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68a38;
$custom-light: #dcac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.648,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67854,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68A38

secondary

#8DA8CD

accent

#88DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68A38

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

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