#C69E38#C69E38

#C69E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69E38
RGB	rgb(198, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 4.40, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 56.55, 85.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0071 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.126 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2315, 36.7474, 8.9252)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69E38 #3860C6

analogous

#C65738 #C69E38 #A7C638

triadic

#C69E38 #38C69E #9E38C6

tetradic

#C69E38 #38C657 #3860C6 #C638A7

square

#C69E38 #38C657 #3860C6 #C638A7

split-complementary

#C69E38 #38A7C6 #5738C6

monochromatic

#67521D #96782B #C69E38 #D4B567 #E2CD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C69E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C69E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69E38

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69E38	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)

#B19D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba75',
    500: '#c69e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69e38;
$custom-light: #dbba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71793,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69E38

secondary

#8D9FCD

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69E38

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

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