#C69E44#C69E44

#C69E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69E44
RGB	rgb(198, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 65.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 5.07, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 51.50, 84.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0105 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.117 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5610, 36.8792, 10.6604)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69E44 #446CC6

analogous

#C65D44 #C69E44 #ADC644

triadic

#C69E44 #44C69E #9E44C6

tetradic

#C69E44 #44C65D #446CC6 #C644AD

square

#C69E44 #44C65D #446CC6 #C644AD

split-complementary

#C69E44 #44ADC6 #5D44C6

monochromatic

#6E5722 #9D7B30 #C69E44 #D4B673 #E3CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C69E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C69E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69E44

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69E44	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba7c',
    500: '#c69e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69e44;
$custom-light: #dbba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71903,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69E44

secondary

#97A8CF

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69E44

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

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