#C69138#C69138

#C69138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69138
RGB	rgb(198, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 11.46, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 54.25, 77.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.0275 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.122 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1302, 32.5448, 8.2248)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69138 #386DC6

analogous

#C64A38 #C69138 #B4C638

triadic

#C69138 #38C691 #9138C6

tetradic

#C69138 #38C64A #386DC6 #C638B4

square

#C69138 #38C64A #386DC6 #C638B4

split-complementary

#C69138 #38B4C6 #4A38C6

monochromatic

#674B1D #966E2B #C69138 #D4AB67 #E2C697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C69138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#C69138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69138

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69138	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb174',
    500: '#c69138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69138;
$custom-light: #dcb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.606,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69206,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69138

secondary

#8DA5CD

accent

#81DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69138

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

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