#C69A36#C69A36

#C69A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69A36
RGB	rgb(198, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 6.47, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 56.53, 83.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0128 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.125 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5123, 35.3858, 8.4490)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69A36 #3662C6

analogous

#C65236 #C69A36 #AAC636

triadic

#C69A36 #36C69A #9A36C6

tetradic

#C69A36 #36C652 #3662C6 #C636AA

square

#C69A36 #36C652 #3662C6 #C636AA

split-complementary

#C69A36 #36AAC6 #5236C6

monochromatic

#664F1C #967529 #C69A36 #D5B264 #E2CA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C69A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C69A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69A36

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69A36	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb773',
    500: '#c69a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69a36;
$custom-light: #dcb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70971,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69A36

secondary

#8B9FCD

accent

#76E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69A36

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

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