#C68B35#C68B35

#C68B35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.123 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68B35
RGB	rgb(198, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 14.60, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 54.77, 74.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0363 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.123 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1663, 30.7308, 7.5523)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68B35 #3570C6

analogous

#C64235 #C68B35 #B9C635

triadic

#C68B35 #35C68B #8B35C6

tetradic

#C68B35 #35C642 #3570C6 #C635B9

square

#C68B35 #35C642 #3570C6 #C635B9

split-complementary

#C68B35 #35B9C6 #4235C6

monochromatic

#65471B #966928 #C68B35 #D5A763 #E2C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C68B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C68B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68B35

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68B35	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.123 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac71',
    500: '#c68b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68b35;
$custom-light: #dcac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.586,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68019,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68B35

secondary

#8AA5CD

accent

#86E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68B35

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

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