#C69638#C69638

#C69638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.123 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69638
RGB	rgb(198, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 8.74, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 55.01, 80.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0196 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.123 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9111, 34.1065, 8.4851)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69638 #3868C6

analogous

#C64F38 #C69638 #AFC638

triadic

#C69638 #38C696 #9638C6

tetradic

#C69638 #38C64F #3868C6 #C638AF

square

#C69638 #38C64F #3868C6 #C638AF

split-complementary

#C69638 #38AFC6 #4F38C6

monochromatic

#674E1D #96722B #C69638 #D4AF67 #E2C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C69638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#C69638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69638

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69638	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.123 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb474',
    500: '#c69638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69638;
$custom-light: #dcb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7019,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69638

secondary

#8DA2CD

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69638

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

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