#C68E35#C68E35

#C68E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68E35
RGB	rgb(198, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 12.96, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 55.08, 76.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0315 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.123 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6066, 31.6115, 7.6991)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68E35 #356DC6

analogous

#C64635 #C68E35 #B6C635

triadic

#C68E35 #35C68E #8E35C6

tetradic

#C68E35 #35C646 #356DC6 #C635B6

square

#C68E35 #35C646 #356DC6 #C635B6

split-complementary

#C68E35 #35B6C6 #4635C6

monochromatic

#65491B #966B28 #C68E35 #D5A963 #E2C493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C68E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#C68E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68E35

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68E35	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae71',
    500: '#c68e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68e35;
$custom-light: #dcae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.828,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68597,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68E35

secondary

#8AA4CD

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68E35

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

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