#C68D40#C68D40

#C68D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.116 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68D40
RGB	rgb(198, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 14.09, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 50.42, 73.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0363 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.116 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7412, 31.4284, 9.1387)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68D40 #4079C6

analogous

#C64A40 #C68D40 #BCC640

triadic

#C68D40 #40C68D #8D40C6

tetradic

#C68D40 #40C64A #4079C6 #C640BC

square

#C68D40 #40C64A #4079C6 #C640BC

split-complementary

#C68D40 #40BCC6 #4A40C6

monochromatic

#6C4B20 #9B6C2E #C68D40 #D4A96F #E2C59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C68D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C68D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68D40

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68D40	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.116 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae78',
    500: '#c68d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68d40;
$custom-light: #dcae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.478,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68508,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68D40

secondary

#93ACCE

accent

#89DD4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68D40

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

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