#C69A42#C69A42

#C69A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69A42
RGB	rgb(198, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 7.11, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 51.53, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0162 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.117 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8297, 35.5128, 10.1207)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69A42 #426EC6

analogous

#C65842 #C69A42 #B0C642

triadic

#C69A42 #42C69A #9A42C6

tetradic

#C69A42 #42C658 #426EC6 #C642B0

square

#C69A42 #42C658 #426EC6 #C642B0

split-complementary

#C69A42 #42B0C6 #5842C6

monochromatic

#6D5321 #9C782F #C69A42 #D4B371 #E2CCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C69A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C69A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69A42

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69A42	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)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb77a',
    500: '#c69a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69a42;
$custom-light: #dbb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69A42

secondary

#95A8CF

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69A42

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

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