#C69A45#C69A45

#C69A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69A45
RGB	rgb(198, 154, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 7.30, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 50.21, 81.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0171 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.115 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9205, 35.5491, 10.5988)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69A45 #4571C6

analogous

#C65A45 #C69A45 #B1C645

triadic

#C69A45 #45C69A #9A45C6

tetradic

#C69A45 #45C65A #4571C6 #C645B1

square

#C69A45 #45C65A #4571C6 #C645B1

split-complementary

#C69A45 #45B1C6 #5A45C6

monochromatic

#6F5422 #9E7830 #C69A45 #D4B374 #E3CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C69A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C69A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69A45

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69A45	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 154, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb77c',
    500: '#c69a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69a45;
$custom-light: #dbb77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.535,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69A45

secondary

#97AACF

accent

#7DDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69A45

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

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