#C69231#C69231

#C69231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.126 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69231
RGB	rgb(198, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 75.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 10.59, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 57.15, 79.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% 0.0241 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.126 79)
XYZ	xyz(34.1243, 32.7880, 7.4366)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69231 #3165C6

analogous

#C64731 #C69231 #AFC631

triadic

#C69231 #31C692 #9231C6

tetradic

#C69231 #31C647 #3165C6 #C631AF

square

#C69231 #31C647 #3165C6 #C631AF

split-complementary

#C69231 #31AFC6 #4731C6

monochromatic

#644A19 #956E25 #C69231 #D7AC5D #E3C68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C69231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#C69231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69231

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69231	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.126 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb170',
    500: '#c69231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69231;
$custom-light: #dcb170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.06,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69345,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.32785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69231

secondary

#859ECE

accent

#7CE344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69231

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

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