#C68B40#C68B40

#C68B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.116 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68B40
RGB	rgb(198, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 15.18, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 50.23, 72.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.0395 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.116 70)
XYZ	xyz(33.4490, 30.8439, 9.0413)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68B40 #407BC6

analogous

#C64840 #C68B40 #BEC640

triadic

#C68B40 #40C68B #8B40C6

tetradic

#C68B40 #40C648 #407BC6 #C640BE

square

#C68B40 #40C648 #407BC6 #C640BE

split-complementary

#C68B40 #40BEC6 #4840C6

monochromatic

#6C4A20 #9B6B2E #C68B40 #D4A86F #E2C49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C68B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C68B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68B40

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68B40	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.116 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac78',
    500: '#c68b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68b40;
$custom-light: #dcac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.582,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68124,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.30841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68B40

secondary

#93ADCE

accent

#8BDD4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68B40

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

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