#C69537#C69537

#C69537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69537
RGB	rgb(198, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 9.23, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 55.25, 80.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0209 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.123 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7280, 33.7791, 8.3046)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69537 #3768C6

analogous

#C64E37 #C69537 #AFC637

triadic

#C69537 #37C695 #9537C6

tetradic

#C69537 #37C64E #3768C6 #C637AF

square

#C69537 #37C64E #3768C6 #C637AF

split-complementary

#C69537 #37AFC6 #4E37C6

monochromatic

#664D1C #96712A #C69537 #D4AF66 #E2C896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C69537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#C69537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69537

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69537	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb373',
    500: '#c69537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69537;
$custom-light: #dcb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.441,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69984,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69537

secondary

#8CA2CD

accent

#7CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69537

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

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