#C69A31#C69A31

#C69A31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69A31
RGB	rgb(198, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 75.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 6.24, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 58.45, 83.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0115 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.128 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4009, 35.3412, 7.8621)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69A31 #315DC6

analogous

#C64F31 #C69A31 #A7C631

triadic

#C69A31 #31C69A #9A31C6

tetradic

#C69A31 #31C64F #315DC6 #C631A7

square

#C69A31 #31C64F #315DC6 #C631A7

split-complementary

#C69A31 #31A7C6 #4F31C6

monochromatic

#644E19 #957425 #C69A31 #D7B35D #E3CA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C69A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C69A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69A31

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69A31	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb770',
    500: '#c69a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69a31;
$custom-light: #dcb770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70933,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69A31

secondary

#859BCE

accent

#73E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69A31

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

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