#C69B31#C69B31

#C69B31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.129 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69B31
RGB	rgb(198, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 75.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 5.70, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 58.64, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.01 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.129 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5666, 35.6727, 7.9174)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69B31 #315CC6

analogous

#C65131 #C69B31 #A6C631

triadic

#C69B31 #31C69B #9B31C6

tetradic

#C69B31 #31C651 #315CC6 #C631A6

square

#C69B31 #31C651 #315CC6 #C631A6

split-complementary

#C69B31 #31A6C6 #5131C6

monochromatic

#644E19 #957525 #C69B31 #D7B45D #E3CB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C69B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#C69B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69B31

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69B31	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.129 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb870',
    500: '#c69b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69b31;
$custom-light: #dcb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.685,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71134,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69B31

secondary

#859ACE

accent

#72E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69B31

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

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