#C69A40#C69A40

#C69A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.119 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69A40
RGB	rgb(198, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 7.00, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 52.39, 82.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0156 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.119 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7718, 35.4896, 9.8156)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69A40 #406CC6

analogous

#C65740 #C69A40 #AFC640

triadic

#C69A40 #40C69A #9A40C6

tetradic

#C69A40 #40C657 #406CC6 #C640AF

square

#C69A40 #40C657 #406CC6 #C640AF

split-complementary

#C69A40 #40AFC6 #5740C6

monochromatic

#6C5320 #9B772E #C69A40 #D4B36F #E2CC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C69A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C69A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69A40

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69A40	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.119 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb779',
    500: '#c69a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69a40;
$custom-light: #dbb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7106,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69A40

secondary

#93A7CE

accent

#7BDD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69A40

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

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