#C69A35#C69A35

#C69A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69A35
RGB	rgb(198, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 6.42, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 56.92, 83.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0125 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.126 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4891, 35.3765, 8.3266)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69A35 #3561C6

analogous

#C65235 #C69A35 #AAC635

triadic

#C69A35 #35C69A #9A35C6

tetradic

#C69A35 #35C652 #3561C6 #C635AA

square

#C69A35 #35C652 #3561C6 #C635AA

split-complementary

#C69A35 #35AAC6 #5235C6

monochromatic

#654F1B #967428 #C69A35 #D5B363 #E2CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C69A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C69A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69A35

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69A35	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)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb773',
    500: '#c69a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69a35;
$custom-light: #dcb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70963,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69A35

secondary

#8A9ECD

accent

#76E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69A35

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

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