#C69559#C69559

#C69559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.097 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69559
RGB	rgb(198, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 55.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 11.49, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 40.23, 73.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.0321 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.097 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8412, 34.2244, 14.1675)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69559 #598AC6

analogous

#C65F59 #C69559 #C0C659

triadic

#C69559 #59C695 #9559C6

tetradic

#C69559 #59C65F #598AC6 #C659C0

square

#C69559 #59C65F #598AC6 #C659C0

split-complementary

#C69559 #59C0C6 #5F59C6

monochromatic

#7B562A #A8763A #C69559 #D6B287 #E5CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C69559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#C69559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69559

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69559	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.097 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab489',
    500: '#c69559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69559;
$custom-light: #dab489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.028,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70374,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69559

secondary

#A7BBD4

accent

#8DD84F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69559

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

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