#C69540#C69540

#C69540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69540
RGB	rgb(198, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 9.72, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 51.49, 79.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0235 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.117 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9637, 33.8734, 9.5462)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69540 #4071C6

analogous

#C65240 #C69540 #B4C640

triadic

#C69540 #40C695 #9540C6

tetradic

#C69540 #40C652 #4071C6 #C640B4

square

#C69540 #40C652 #4071C6 #C640B4

split-complementary

#C69540 #40B4C6 #5240C6

monochromatic

#6C5020 #9B732E #C69540 #D4AF6F #E2C99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C69540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#C69540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69540

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69540	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb479',
    500: '#c69540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69540;
$custom-light: #dbb479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70067,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69540

secondary

#93A9CE

accent

#80DD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69540

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

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