#C68A42#C68A42

#C68A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.115 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68A42
RGB	rgb(198, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 15.85, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 49.29, 71.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0418 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.115 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3628, 30.5788, 9.2984)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68A42 #427EC6

analogous

#C64842 #C68A42 #C0C642

triadic

#C68A42 #42C68A #8A42C6

tetradic

#C68A42 #42C648 #427EC6 #C642C0

square

#C68A42 #42C648 #427EC6 #C642C0

split-complementary

#C68A42 #42C0C6 #4842C6

monochromatic

#6D4A21 #9C6A2F #C68A42 #D4A771 #E2C4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C68A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#C68A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68A42

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68A42	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.115 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac79',
    500: '#c68a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68a42;
$custom-light: #dcac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67955,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68A42

secondary

#95AFCF

accent

#8DDD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68A42

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

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