#C69738#C69738

#C69738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.123 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69738
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 8.19, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 55.18, 81.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.018 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.123 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0713, 34.4270, 8.5385)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69738 #3867C6

analogous

#C65038 #C69738 #AEC638

triadic

#C69738 #38C697 #9738C6

tetradic

#C69738 #38C650 #3867C6 #C638AE

square

#C69738 #38C650 #3867C6 #C638AE

split-complementary

#C69738 #38AEC6 #5038C6

monochromatic

#674E1D #96732B #C69738 #D4B067 #E2C997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C69738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#C69738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69738

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69738	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.123 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb574',
    500: '#c69738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69738;
$custom-light: #dcb574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.141,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70389,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69738

secondary

#8DA2CD

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69738

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

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