#C69E36#C69E36

#C69E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69E36
RGB	rgb(198, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 4.31, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 57.34, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0065 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.127 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1836, 36.7282, 8.6728)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69E36 #365EC6

analogous

#C65636 #C69E36 #A6C636

triadic

#C69E36 #36C69E #9E36C6

tetradic

#C69E36 #36C656 #365EC6 #C636A6

square

#C69E36 #36C656 #365EC6 #C636A6

split-complementary

#C69E36 #36A6C6 #5636C6

monochromatic

#66511C #967829 #C69E36 #D5B664 #E2CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C69E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C69E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69E36

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69E36	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba73',
    500: '#c69e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69e36;
$custom-light: #dbba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71777,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69E36

secondary

#8B9DCD

accent

#72E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69E36

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

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