#C69D33#C69D33

#C69D33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69D33
RGB	rgb(198, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 74.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 4.71, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 58.29, 85.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0073 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.128 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9454, 36.3611, 8.2565)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69D33 #335CC6

analogous

#C65433 #C69D33 #A6C633

triadic

#C69D33 #33C69D #9D33C6

tetradic

#C69D33 #33C654 #335CC6 #C633A6

square

#C69D33 #33C654 #335CC6 #C633A6

split-complementary

#C69D33 #33A6C6 #5433C6

monochromatic

#65501A #957626 #C69D33 #D6B560 #E3CC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C69D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C69D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69D33

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69D33	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb972',
    500: '#c69d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69d33;
$custom-light: #dcb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.265,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71552,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69D33

secondary

#879BCD

accent

#71E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69D33

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

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