#C6973E#C6973E

#C6973E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.119 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6973E
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 68.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 8.51, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 52.69, 80.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0197 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.119 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2270, 34.4893, 9.3582)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6973E #3E6DC6

analogous

#C6533E #C6973E #B1C63E

triadic

#C6973E #3EC697 #973EC6

tetradic

#C6973E #3EC653 #3E6DC6 #C63EB1

square

#C6973E #3EC653 #3E6DC6 #C63EB1

split-complementary

#C6973E #3EB1C6 #533EC6

monochromatic

#6A501F #99742D #C6973E #D4B06D #E2CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C6973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#C6973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6973E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6973E	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)

#AA9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.119 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb578',
    500: '#c6973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6973e;
$custom-light: #dbb578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.265,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6973E

secondary

#92A7CE

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6973E

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

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