#C69B36#C69B36

#C69B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69B36
RGB	rgb(198, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 5.93, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 56.72, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0112 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.126 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6781, 35.7173, 8.5043)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69B36 #3661C6

analogous

#C65336 #C69B36 #A9C636

triadic

#C69B36 #36C69B #9B36C6

tetradic

#C69B36 #36C653 #3661C6 #C636A9

square

#C69B36 #36C653 #3661C6 #C636A9

split-complementary

#C69B36 #36A9C6 #5336C6

monochromatic

#66501C #967529 #C69B36 #D5B364 #E2CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C69B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C69B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69B36

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69B36	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)

#AE9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb873',
    500: '#c69b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69b36;
$custom-light: #dcb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71172,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69B36

secondary

#8B9FCD

accent

#75E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69B36

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

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