#C68B38#C68B38

#C68B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.121 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68B38
RGB	rgb(198, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 14.75, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 53.56, 74.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0371 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.121 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2375, 30.7593, 7.9272)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68B38 #3873C6

analogous

#C64438 #C68B38 #BAC638

triadic

#C68B38 #38C68B #8B38C6

tetradic

#C68B38 #38C644 #3873C6 #C638BA

square

#C68B38 #38C644 #3873C6 #C638BA

split-complementary

#C68B38 #38BAC6 #4438C6

monochromatic

#67481D #966A2B #C68B38 #D4A767 #E2C397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C68B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C68B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68B38

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68B38	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)

#A08E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.121 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac73',
    500: '#c68b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68b38;
$custom-light: #dcac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.07,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68045,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68B38

secondary

#8DA7CD

accent

#87DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68B38

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

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