#C69D37#C69D37

#C69D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69D37
RGB	rgb(198, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 4.89, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 56.73, 85.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0084 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.126 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0374, 36.3980, 8.7411)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69D37 #3760C6

analogous

#C65537 #C69D37 #A8C637

triadic

#C69D37 #37C69D #9D37C6

tetradic

#C69D37 #37C655 #3760C6 #C637A8

square

#C69D37 #37C655 #3760C6 #C637A8

split-complementary

#C69D37 #37A8C6 #5537C6

monochromatic

#66511C #96772A #C69D37 #D4B566 #E2CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C69D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C69D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69D37

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69D37	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)

#B09C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb974',
    500: '#c69d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69d37;
$custom-light: #dbb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.797,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71583,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69D37

secondary

#8C9ECD

accent

#74E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69D37

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

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