#C69D25#C69D25

#C69D25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.136 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69D25
RGB	rgb(198, 157, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 4.17, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 63.13, 86.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0043 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.136 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6819, 36.2557, 6.8686)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69D25 #254EC6

analogous

#C64C25 #C69D25 #9FC625

triadic

#C69D25 #25C69D #9D25C6

tetradic

#C69D25 #25C64C #254EC6 #C6259F

square

#C69D25 #25C64C #254EC6 #C6259F

split-complementary

#C69D25 #259FC6 #4C25C6

monochromatic

#5F4B12 #92741B #C69D25 #DDB84B #E7CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C69D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C69D25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69D25

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69D25	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 157, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.136 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb96b',
    500: '#c69d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69d25;
$custom-light: #dcb96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.72,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71463,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69D25

secondary

#778ECF

accent

#69EB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69D25

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

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