#C69942#C69942

#C69942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.117 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69942
RGB	rgb(198, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 7.66, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 51.33, 81.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0178 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.117 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6654, 35.1840, 10.0659)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69942 #426FC6

analogous

#C65742 #C69942 #B1C642

triadic

#C69942 #42C699 #9942C6

tetradic

#C69942 #42C657 #426FC6 #C642B1

square

#C69942 #42C657 #426FC6 #C642B1

split-complementary

#C69942 #42B1C6 #5742C6

monochromatic

#6D5321 #9C772F #C69942 #D4B271 #E2CCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C69942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#C69942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69942

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69942	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.117 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb67a',
    500: '#c69942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69942;
$custom-light: #dbb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69942

secondary

#95A9CF

accent

#7DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69942

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

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