#C69038#C69038

#C69038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69038
RGB	rgb(198, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, 12.01, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 54.12, 77.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0291 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.121 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9780, 32.2405, 8.1741)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69038 #386EC6

analogous

#C64938 #C69038 #B5C638

triadic

#C69038 #38C690 #9038C6

tetradic

#C69038 #38C649 #386EC6 #C638B5

square

#C69038 #38C649 #386EC6 #C638B5

split-complementary

#C69038 #38B5C6 #4938C6

monochromatic

#674B1D #966D2B #C69038 #D4AB67 #E2C597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#C69038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#C69038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69038

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69038	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb073',
    500: '#c69038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69038;
$custom-light: #dcb073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69011,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69038

secondary

#8DA5CD

accent

#82DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69038

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

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