#C6942E#C6942E

#C6942E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.128 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6942E
RGB	rgb(198, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 76.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 9.37, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 58.56, 80.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0202 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.128 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3741, 33.3855, 7.2179)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6942E #2E60C6

analogous

#C6482E #C6942E #ACC62E

triadic

#C6942E #2EC694 #942EC6

tetradic

#C6942E #2EC648 #2E60C6 #C62EAC

square

#C6942E #2EC648 #2E60C6 #C62EAC

split-complementary

#C6942E #2EACC6 #482EC6

monochromatic

#634A17 #946F22 #C6942E #D8AE59 #E4C78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C6942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#C6942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6942E

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6942E	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8951D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.128 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb36e',
    500: '#c6942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6942e;
$custom-light: #dcb36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.263,
    "s": 62.295,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69717,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6942E

secondary

#829BCE

accent

#78E542

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6942E

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

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