#C6993E#C6993E

#C6993E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6993E
RGB	rgb(198, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 68.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 7.43, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 53.05, 81.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0166 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.12 82)
XYZ	xyz(35.5516, 35.1385, 9.4664)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6993E #3E6BC6

analogous

#C6553E #C6993E #AFC63E

triadic

#C6993E #3EC699 #993EC6

tetradic

#C6993E #3EC655 #3E6BC6 #C63EAF

square

#C6993E #3EC655 #3E6BC6 #C63EAF

split-complementary

#C6993E #3EAFC6 #553EC6

monochromatic

#6A511F #99762D #C6993E #D4B26D #E2CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C6993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C6993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6993E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6993E	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb678',
    500: '#c6993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6993e;
$custom-light: #dbb678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70841,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.35136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6993E

secondary

#92A6CE

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6993E

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

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