#C69238#C69238

#C69238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69238
RGB	rgb(198, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 10.92, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 54.39, 78.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0259 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.122 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2836, 32.8517, 8.2760)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69238 #386CC6

analogous

#C64B38 #C69238 #B3C638

triadic

#C69238 #38C692 #9238C6

tetradic

#C69238 #38C64B #386CC6 #C638B3

square

#C69238 #38C64B #386CC6 #C638B3

split-complementary

#C69238 #38B3C6 #4B38C6

monochromatic

#674C1D #966F2B #C69238 #D4AC67 #E2C697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#C69238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#C69238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69238

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69238	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb174',
    500: '#c69238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69238;
$custom-light: #dcb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69402,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69238

secondary

#8DA4CD

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69238

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

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