#C69B42#C69B42

#C69B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69B42
RGB	rgb(198, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 6.57, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 51.73, 82.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0146 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.117 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9955, 35.8442, 10.1759)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69B42 #426DC6

analogous

#C65942 #C69B42 #AFC642

triadic

#C69B42 #42C69B #9B42C6

tetradic

#C69B42 #42C659 #426DC6 #C642AF

square

#C69B42 #42C659 #426DC6 #C642AF

split-complementary

#C69B42 #42AFC6 #5942C6

monochromatic

#6D5421 #9C782F #C69B42 #D4B471 #E2CDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C69B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#C69B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69B42

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69B42	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb87a',
    500: '#c69b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69b42;
$custom-light: #dbb87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69B42

secondary

#95A8CF

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69B42

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

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