#C69B38#C69B38

#C69B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69B38
RGB	rgb(198, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 6.02, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 55.92, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0117 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.124 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7260, 35.7364, 8.7568)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69B38 #3863C6

analogous

#C65438 #C69B38 #AAC638

triadic

#C69B38 #38C69B #9B38C6

tetradic

#C69B38 #38C654 #3863C6 #C638AA

square

#C69B38 #38C654 #3863C6 #C638AA

split-complementary

#C69B38 #38AAC6 #5438C6

monochromatic

#67501D #96762B #C69B38 #D4B367 #E2CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C69B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C69B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69B38

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69B38	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb874',
    500: '#c69b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69b38;
$custom-light: #dbb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71188,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69B38

secondary

#8DA0CD

accent

#76DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69B38

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

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