#C69842#C69842

#C69842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.116 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69842
RGB	rgb(198, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 8.20, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 51.15, 80.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0193 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.116 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5024, 34.8581, 10.0116)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69842 #4270C6

analogous

#C65642 #C69842 #B2C642

triadic

#C69842 #42C698 #9842C6

tetradic

#C69842 #42C656 #4270C6 #C642B2

square

#C69842 #42C656 #4270C6 #C642B2

split-complementary

#C69842 #42B2C6 #5642C6

monochromatic

#6D5221 #9C762F #C69842 #D4B271 #E2CBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C69842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#C69842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69842

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69842	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.116 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb67a',
    500: '#c69842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69842;
$custom-light: #dbb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70681,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69842

secondary

#95A9CF

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69842

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

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