#C69C35#C69C35

#C69C35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69C35
RGB	rgb(198, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 5.34, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 57.31, 84.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0094 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.127 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8219, 36.0422, 8.4376)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69C35 #355FC6

analogous

#C65435 #C69C35 #A8C635

triadic

#C69C35 #35C69C #9C35C6

tetradic

#C69C35 #35C654 #355FC6 #C635A8

square

#C69C35 #35C654 #355FC6 #C635A8

split-complementary

#C69C35 #35A8C6 #5435C6

monochromatic

#65501B #967628 #C69C35 #D5B463 #E2CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C69C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C69C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69C35

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69C35	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb873',
    500: '#c69c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69c35;
$custom-light: #dcb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71365,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69C35

secondary

#8A9DCD

accent

#73E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69C35

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

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