#C6973D#C6973D

#C6973D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6973D
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 69.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 8.46, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 53.11, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0194 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.12 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1998, 34.4784, 9.2150)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6973D #3D6CC6

analogous

#C6523D #C6973D #B0C63D

triadic

#C6973D #3DC697 #973DC6

tetradic

#C6973D #3DC652 #3D6CC6 #C63DB0

square

#C6973D #3DC652 #3D6CC6 #C63DB0

split-complementary

#C6973D #3DB0C6 #523DC6

monochromatic

#6A501F #99742D #C6973D #D4B06C #E2CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C6973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#C6973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6973D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6973D	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb577',
    500: '#c6973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6973d;
$custom-light: #dbb577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.416,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70434,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6973D

secondary

#91A6CE

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6973D

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

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