#C69B34#C69B34

#C69B34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69B34
RGB	rgb(198, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 73.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 5.83, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 57.50, 84.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0107 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.127 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6321, 35.6989, 8.2620)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69B34 #345FC6

analogous

#C65234 #C69B34 #A8C634

triadic

#C69B34 #34C69B #9B34C6

tetradic

#C69B34 #34C652 #345FC6 #C634A8

square

#C69B34 #34C652 #345FC6 #C634A8

split-complementary

#C69B34 #34A8C6 #5234C6

monochromatic

#654F1B #967527 #C69B34 #D6B362 #E2CB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C69B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C69B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69B34

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69B34	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)

#AE9B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb872',
    500: '#c69b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69b34;
$custom-light: #dcb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71156,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69B34

secondary

#899DCD

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69B34

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

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