#C68E40#C68E40

#C68E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.116 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68E40
RGB	rgb(198, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 13.54, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 50.53, 74.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.0347 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.116 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8893, 31.7246, 9.1881)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68E40 #4078C6

analogous

#C64B40 #C68E40 #BBC640

triadic

#C68E40 #40C68E #8E40C6

tetradic

#C68E40 #40C64B #4078C6 #C640BB

square

#C68E40 #40C64B #4078C6 #C640BB

split-complementary

#C68E40 #40BBC6 #4B40C6

monochromatic

#6C4C20 #9B6D2E #C68E40 #D4AA6F #E2C69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C68E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#C68E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68E40

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68E40	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.116 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaf78',
    500: '#c68e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68e40;
$custom-light: #dbaf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.925,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68701,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68E40

secondary

#93ACCE

accent

#88DD4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68E40

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

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