#C69B37#C69B37

#C69B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69B37
RGB	rgb(198, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 5.97, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 56.32, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0115 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.125 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7018, 35.7267, 8.6292)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69B37 #3762C6

analogous

#C65337 #C69B37 #AAC637

triadic

#C69B37 #37C69B #9B37C6

tetradic

#C69B37 #37C653 #3762C6 #C637AA

square

#C69B37 #37C653 #3762C6 #C637AA

split-complementary

#C69B37 #37AAC6 #5337C6

monochromatic

#66501C #96762A #C69B37 #D4B366 #E2CB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C69B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C69B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69B37

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69B37	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb874',
    500: '#c69b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69b37;
$custom-light: #dcb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69B37

secondary

#8C9FCD

accent

#76E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69B37

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

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