#C69B35#C69B35

#C69B35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69B35
RGB	rgb(198, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 5.88, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 57.11, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.011 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.126 85)
XYZ	xyz(35.6548, 35.7080, 8.3819)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69B35 #3560C6

analogous

#C65335 #C69B35 #A9C635

triadic

#C69B35 #35C69B #9B35C6

tetradic

#C69B35 #35C653 #3560C6 #C635A9

square

#C69B35 #35C653 #3560C6 #C635A9

split-complementary

#C69B35 #35A9C6 #5335C6

monochromatic

#654F1B #967528 #C69B35 #D5B363 #E2CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C69B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C69B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69B35

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69B35	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)

#AE9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb873',
    500: '#c69b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69b35;
$custom-light: #dcb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71164,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.35705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69B35

secondary

#8A9ECD

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69B35

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

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