#C69949#C69949

#C69949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69949
RGB	rgb(198, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 8.10, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 48.23, 80.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.02 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.111 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8845, 35.2717, 11.2201)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69949 #4976C6

analogous

#C65A49 #C69949 #B4C649

triadic

#C69949 #49C699 #9949C6

tetradic

#C69949 #49C65A #4976C6 #C649B4

square

#C69949 #49C65A #4976C6 #C649B4

split-complementary

#C69949 #49B4C6 #5A49C6

monochromatic

#715523 #A07832 #C69949 #D5B378 #E3CDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C69949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C69949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69949

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69949	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb67f',
    500: '#c69949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69949;
$custom-light: #dbb67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69949

secondary

#9AAED0

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69949

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

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