#C69E42#C69E42

#C69E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.119 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69E42
RGB	rgb(198, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 4.95, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 52.37, 84.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0099 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.119 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5010, 36.8552, 10.3444)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69E42 #426AC6

analogous

#C65C42 #C69E42 #ACC642

triadic

#C69E42 #42C69E #9E42C6

tetradic

#C69E42 #42C65C #426AC6 #C642AC

square

#C69E42 #42C65C #426AC6 #C642AC

split-complementary

#C69E42 #42ACC6 #5C42C6

monochromatic

#6D5621 #9C7B2F #C69E42 #D4B671 #E2CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C69E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C69E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69E42

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69E42	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.119 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba7b',
    500: '#c69e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69e42;
$custom-light: #dbba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71883,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69E42

secondary

#95A6CF

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69E42

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

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