#C69940#C69940

#C69940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69940
RGB	rgb(198, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 7.54, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 52.20, 81.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0172 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.118 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6075, 35.1609, 9.7608)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69940 #406DC6

analogous

#C65640 #C69940 #B0C640

triadic

#C69940 #40C699 #9940C6

tetradic

#C69940 #40C656 #406DC6 #C640B0

square

#C69940 #40C656 #406DC6 #C640B0

split-complementary

#C69940 #40B0C6 #5640C6

monochromatic

#6C5220 #9B762E #C69940 #D4B26F #E2CB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C69940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C69940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69940

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69940	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AC9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb679',
    500: '#c69940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69940;
$custom-light: #dbb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7086,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69940

secondary

#93A7CE

accent

#7CDD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69940

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

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