#C69937#C69937

#C69937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.124 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69937
RGB	rgb(198, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 7.06, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 55.94, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0146 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.124 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3717, 35.0666, 8.5192)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69937 #3764C6

analogous

#C65237 #C69937 #ACC637

triadic

#C69937 #37C699 #9937C6

tetradic

#C69937 #37C652 #3764C6 #C637AC

square

#C69937 #37C652 #3764C6 #C637AC

split-complementary

#C69937 #37ACC6 #5237C6

monochromatic

#664F1C #96742A #C69937 #D4B266 #E2CA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C69937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C69937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69937

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69937	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.124 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb674',
    500: '#c69937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69937;
$custom-light: #dcb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.119,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70779,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69937

secondary

#8CA0CD

accent

#78E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69937

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

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