#C69B25#C69B25

#C69B25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.135 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69B25
RGB	rgb(198, 155, 37)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 5.24, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 62.76, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0074 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.135 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3463, 35.5845, 6.7567)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69B25 #2550C6

analogous

#C64A25 #C69B25 #A0C625

triadic

#C69B25 #25C69B #9B25C6

tetradic

#C69B25 #25C64A #2550C6 #C625A0

square

#C69B25 #25C64A #2550C6 #C625A0

split-complementary

#C69B25 #25A0C6 #4A25C6

monochromatic

#5F4A12 #92731B #C69B25 #DDB64B #E7CB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C69B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C69B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69B25

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69B25	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 155, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.135 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb86b',
    500: '#c69b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69b25;
$custom-light: #dcb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.975,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71059,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69B25

secondary

#778FCF

accent

#6BEB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69B25

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

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