#C69D49#C69D49

#C69D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69D49
RGB	rgb(198, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 5.93, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 49.05, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0137 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.113 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5502, 36.6031, 11.4420)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69D49 #4972C6

analogous

#C65E49 #C69D49 #B0C649

triadic

#C69D49 #49C69D #9D49C6

tetradic

#C69D49 #49C65E #4972C6 #C649B0

square

#C69D49 #49C65E #4972C6 #C649B0

split-complementary

#C69D49 #49B0C6 #5E49C6

monochromatic

#715823 #A07C32 #C69D49 #D5B678 #E3CFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C69D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C69D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69D49

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69D49	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb97f',
    500: '#c69d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69d49;
$custom-light: #dbb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.32,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71754,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69D49

secondary

#9AACD0

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69D49

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

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