#C69D45#C69D45

#C69D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69D45
RGB	rgb(198, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 5.67, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 50.83, 83.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0124 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.116 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4219, 36.5517, 10.7659)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69D45 #456EC6

analogous

#C65D45 #C69D45 #AFC645

triadic

#C69D45 #45C69D #9D45C6

tetradic

#C69D45 #45C65D #456EC6 #C645AF

square

#C69D45 #45C65D #456EC6 #C645AF

split-complementary

#C69D45 #45AFC6 #5D45C6

monochromatic

#6F5622 #9E7B30 #C69D45 #D4B674 #E3CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C69D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C69D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69D45

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69D45	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb97c',
    500: '#c69d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69d45;
$custom-light: #dbb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.93,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71711,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69D45

secondary

#97A9CF

accent

#79DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69D45

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

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