#C69D35#C69D35

#C69D35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.127 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69D35
RGB	rgb(198, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 4.80, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 57.52, 85.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0078 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.127 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9904, 36.3792, 8.4937)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69D35 #355EC6

analogous

#C65435 #C69D35 #A7C635

triadic

#C69D35 #35C69D #9D35C6

tetradic

#C69D35 #35C654 #355EC6 #C635A7

square

#C69D35 #35C654 #355EC6 #C635A7

split-complementary

#C69D35 #35A7C6 #5435C6

monochromatic

#65501B #967728 #C69D35 #D5B563 #E2CC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C69D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C69D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69D35

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69D35	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb973',
    500: '#c69d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69d35;
$custom-light: #dcb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.034,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69D35

secondary

#8A9DCD

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69D35

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

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