#C68E42#C68E42

#C68E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.115 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C68E42
RGB	rgb(198, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 13.66, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 49.67, 74.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0353 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.115 72)
XYZ	xyz(33.9473, 31.7478, 9.4932)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C68E42 #427AC6

analogous

#C64C42 #C68E42 #BCC642

triadic

#C68E42 #42C68E #8E42C6

tetradic

#C68E42 #42C64C #427AC6 #C642BC

square

#C68E42 #42C64C #427AC6 #C642BC

split-complementary

#C68E42 #42BCC6 #4C42C6

monochromatic

#6D4D21 #9C6E2F #C68E42 #D4AA71 #E2C6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C68E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C68E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68E42

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C68E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C68E42	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c68e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.115 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaf79',
    500: '#c68e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c68e42;
$custom-light: #dbaf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c68e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68722,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.31745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C68E42

secondary

#95AECF

accent

#89DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C68E42

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

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