#C68E39#C68E39

#C68E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68E39
RGB	rgb(198, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 71.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, 13.15, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 53.47, 75.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0326 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.121 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7025, 31.6499, 8.2041)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68E39 #3971C6

analogous

#C64739 #C68E39 #B8C639

triadic

#C68E39 #39C68E #8E39C6

tetradic

#C68E39 #39C647 #3971C6 #C639B8

square

#C68E39 #39C647 #3971C6 #C639B8

split-complementary

#C68E39 #39B8C6 #4739C6

monochromatic

#674A1E #966C2B #C68E39 #D4A969 #E1C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C68E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#C68E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68E39

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68E39	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)

#A2912E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf74',
    500: '#c68e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68e39;
$custom-light: #dcaf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.17,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68632,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68E39

secondary

#8EA7CD

accent

#85DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68E39

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

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