#C69B33#C69B33

#C69B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69B33
RGB	rgb(198, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 74.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 5.79, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 57.89, 84.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0104 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.128 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6098, 35.6899, 8.1446)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69B33 #335EC6

analogous

#C65233 #C69B33 #A8C633

triadic

#C69B33 #33C69B #9B33C6

tetradic

#C69B33 #33C652 #335EC6 #C633A8

square

#C69B33 #33C652 #335EC6 #C633A8

split-complementary

#C69B33 #33A8C6 #5233C6

monochromatic

#654F1A #957526 #C69B33 #D6B460 #E3CB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C69B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C69B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69B33

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69B33	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb872',
    500: '#c69b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69b33;
$custom-light: #dcb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71149,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69B33

secondary

#879CCD

accent

#73E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69B33

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

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