#C68E38#C68E38

#C68E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68E38
RGB	rgb(198, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 13.10, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 53.88, 75.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0323 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.121 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6778, 31.6400, 8.0740)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68E38 #3870C6

analogous

#C64738 #C68E38 #B7C638

triadic

#C68E38 #38C68E #8E38C6

tetradic

#C68E38 #38C647 #3870C6 #C638B7

square

#C68E38 #38C647 #3870C6 #C638B7

split-complementary

#C68E38 #38B7C6 #4738C6

monochromatic

#674A1D #966C2B #C68E38 #D4A967 #E2C497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C68E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#C68E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68E38

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68E38	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf73',
    500: '#c68e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68e38;
$custom-light: #dcaf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68623,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68E38

secondary

#8DA6CD

accent

#84DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68E38

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

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