#C68C38#C68C38

#C68C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.121 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68C38
RGB	rgb(198, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 14.20, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 53.66, 74.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0355 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.121 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3829, 31.0502, 7.9757)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68C38 #3872C6

analogous

#C64538 #C68C38 #B9C638

triadic

#C68C38 #38C68C #8C38C6

tetradic

#C68C38 #38C645 #3872C6 #C638B9

square

#C68C38 #38C645 #3872C6 #C638B9

split-complementary

#C68C38 #38B9C6 #4538C6

monochromatic

#67491D #966A2B #C68C38 #D4A867 #E2C397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C68C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C68C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68C38

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68C38	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.121 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcad73',
    500: '#c68c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68c38;
$custom-light: #dcad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.493,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68237,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68C38

secondary

#8DA7CD

accent

#86DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68C38

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

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