#C69531#C69531

#C69531 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69531
RGB	rgb(198, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 75.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 8.95, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 57.59, 81.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0194 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.127 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5928, 33.7250, 7.5928)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69531 #3162C6

analogous

#C64A31 #C69531 #ACC631

triadic

#C69531 #31C695 #9531C6

tetradic

#C69531 #31C64A #3162C6 #C631AC

square

#C69531 #31C64A #3162C6 #C631AC

split-complementary

#C69531 #31ACC6 #4A31C6

monochromatic

#644B19 #957025 #C69531 #D7AF5D #E3C78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C69531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#C69531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69531

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69531	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb370',
    500: '#c69531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69531;
$custom-light: #dcb370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.268,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69936,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69531

secondary

#859DCE

accent

#79E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69531

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

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