Caramel#C68E4E

#C68E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.106 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Caramel — editorial page

Color values

HEX#C68E4E
RGBrgb(198, 142, 78)
HSLhsl(32, 51%, 54%)
HSVhsv(32, 61%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.3%, 60.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.26, 14.46, 41.97)
CIE-LCHlch(63.26, 44.39, 70.99°)
OKLaboklab(68.86% 0.0394 0.0982)
OKLCHoklch(68.86% 0.106 68.1)
XYZxyz(34.3389, 31.9045, 11.5559)
Luminance0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C68E4E #4E86C6
analogous
#C6524E #C68E4E #C2C64E
triadic
#C68E4E #4EC68E #8E4EC6
tetradic
#C68E4E #4EC652 #4E86C6 #C64EC2
square
#C68E4E #4EC652 #4E86C6 #C64EC2
split-complementary
#C68E4E #4EC2C6 #524EC6
monochromatic
#744F25 #A26F34 #C68E4E #D5AC7C #E4C9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85
#C68E4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38
#C68E4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C68E4E
7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C68E4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C68E4E1.002.857.387.38
#FFFFFF2.851.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3821.001.001.00
##0000007.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A19148
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9E4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6817F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Related colors

#B07F47
#9B703F
#876138
#735331
#5F462A
#4C3823
#3A2B1C
#291F15
#19130D
#000000
#CD995F
#D4A470
#DBAF81
#E1BA93
#E7C5A4
#EDD0B6
#F2DCC8
#F7E7DA
#FBF3EC
#FFFFFF
#C38F56
#BF905E
#BB9165
#B7926D

Palettes with this color

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c68e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.106 68.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaf81',
    500: '#c68e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c68e4e;
$custom-light: #dbaf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c68e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68865,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C68E4E
secondary
#9EB6D1
accent
#8FDB4D
background
#FDFAF8
surface
#FBF4EF
border
#D4CECA
text
#15100A
muted
#837F7C

Preview Lab

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#C68E4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva