#C69642#C69642

#C69642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.116 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69642
RGB	rgb(198, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 9.29, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 50.79, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0225 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.116 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1805, 34.2143, 9.9043)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69642 #4272C6

analogous

#C65442 #C69642 #B4C642

triadic

#C69642 #42C696 #9642C6

tetradic

#C69642 #42C654 #4272C6 #C642B4

square

#C69642 #42C654 #4272C6 #C642B4

split-complementary

#C69642 #42B4C6 #5442C6

monochromatic

#6D5121 #9C742F #C69642 #D4B071 #E2CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C69642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#C69642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69642

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69642	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)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.116 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb47a',
    500: '#c69642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69642;
$custom-light: #dbb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70285,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69642

secondary

#95AACF

accent

#80DD4B

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69642

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

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