#C69E45#C69E45

#C69E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69E45
RGB	rgb(198, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 5.13, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 51.05, 84.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0108 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.116 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5917, 36.8915, 10.8225)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69E45 #456DC6

analogous

#C65D45 #C69E45 #AEC645

triadic

#C69E45 #45C69E #9E45C6

tetradic

#C69E45 #45C65D #456DC6 #C645AE

square

#C69E45 #45C65D #456DC6 #C645AE

split-complementary

#C69E45 #45AEC6 #5D45C6

monochromatic

#6F5722 #9E7C30 #C69E45 #D4B674 #E3CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C69E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C69E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69E45

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69E45	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)

#B09D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba7c',
    500: '#c69e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69e45;
$custom-light: #dbba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.395,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71913,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69E45

secondary

#97A9CF

accent

#78DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69E45

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

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