#C69040#C69040

#C69040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.116 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69040
RGB	rgb(198, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 12.45, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 50.77, 75.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% 0.0315 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.116 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1896, 32.3251, 9.2882)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69040 #4076C6

analogous

#C64D40 #C69040 #B9C640

triadic

#C69040 #40C690 #9040C6

tetradic

#C69040 #40C64D #4076C6 #C640B9

square

#C69040 #40C64D #4076C6 #C640B9

split-complementary

#C69040 #40B9C6 #4D40C6

monochromatic

#6C4D20 #9B6F2E #C69040 #D4AB6F #E2C79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#C69040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#C69040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69040

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69040	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.116 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb078',
    500: '#c69040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69040;
$custom-light: #dbb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69088,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69040

secondary

#93ABCE

accent

#86DD4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69040

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

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