#C68E31#C68E31

#C68E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.125 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68E31
RGB	rgb(198, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 75.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 12.77, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 56.65, 76.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0305 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.125 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5184, 31.5763, 7.2346)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68E31 #3169C6

analogous

#C64431 #C68E31 #B3C631

triadic

#C68E31 #31C68E #8E31C6

tetradic

#C68E31 #31C644 #3169C6 #C631B3

square

#C68E31 #31C644 #3169C6 #C631B3

split-complementary

#C68E31 #31B3C6 #4431C6

monochromatic

#644819 #956B25 #C68E31 #D7A95D #E3C38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C68E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#C68E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68E31

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68E31	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.125 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae6f',
    500: '#c68e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68e31;
$custom-light: #dcae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68565,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68E31

secondary

#85A0CE

accent

#80E344

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68E31

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

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