#C69C40#C69C40

#C69C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69C40
RGB	rgb(198, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 5.91, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 52.80, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0124 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.119 84)
XYZ	xyz(36.1047, 36.1553, 9.9265)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69C40 #406AC6

analogous

#C65940 #C69C40 #ADC640

triadic

#C69C40 #40C69C #9C40C6

tetradic

#C69C40 #40C659 #406AC6 #C640AD

square

#C69C40 #40C659 #406AC6 #C640AD

split-complementary

#C69C40 #40ADC6 #5940C6

monochromatic

#6C5420 #9B792E #C69C40 #D4B46F #E2CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C69C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C69C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69C40

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69C40	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb879',
    500: '#c69c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69c40;
$custom-light: #dbb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7146,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.36153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69C40

secondary

#93A6CE

accent

#78DD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69C40

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

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