#C69C38#C69C38

#C69C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69C38
RGB	rgb(198, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 5.48, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 56.13, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0102 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.125 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8931, 36.0707, 8.8125)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69C38 #3862C6

analogous

#C65538 #C69C38 #A9C638

triadic

#C69C38 #38C69C #9C38C6

tetradic

#C69C38 #38C655 #3862C6 #C638A9

square

#C69C38 #38C655 #3862C6 #C638A9

split-complementary

#C69C38 #38A9C6 #5538C6

monochromatic

#67511D #96762B #C69C38 #D4B467 #E2CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C69C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C69C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69C38

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69C38	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)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb874',
    500: '#c69c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69c38;
$custom-light: #dbb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71389,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69C38

secondary

#8DA0CD

accent

#75DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69C38

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

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