#C69A37#C69A37

#C69A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69A37
RGB	rgb(198, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 6.52, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 56.13, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.013 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.125 84)
XYZ	xyz(35.5361, 35.3953, 8.5740)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69A37 #3763C6

analogous

#C65237 #C69A37 #ABC637

triadic

#C69A37 #37C69A #9A37C6

tetradic

#C69A37 #37C652 #3763C6 #C637AB

square

#C69A37 #37C652 #3763C6 #C637AB

split-complementary

#C69A37 #37ABC6 #5237C6

monochromatic

#664F1C #96752A #C69A37 #D4B266 #E2CA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C69A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C69A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69A37

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69A37	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb774',
    500: '#c69a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69a37;
$custom-light: #dcb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70979,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.35393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69A37

secondary

#8CA0CD

accent

#77E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69A37

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

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