#C69F36#C69F36

#C69F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69F36
RGB	rgb(198, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 3.77, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 57.55, 86.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.005 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.128 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3548, 37.0707, 8.7299)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69F36 #365DC6

analogous

#C65736 #C69F36 #A5C636

triadic

#C69F36 #36C69F #9F36C6

tetradic

#C69F36 #36C657 #365DC6 #C636A5

square

#C69F36 #36C657 #365DC6 #C636A5

split-complementary

#C69F36 #36A5C6 #5736C6

monochromatic

#66521C #967829 #C69F36 #D5B664 #E2CD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C69F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C69F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69F36

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69F36	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb74',
    500: '#c69f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69f36;
$custom-light: #dbbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69F36

secondary

#8B9DCD

accent

#71E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69F36

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

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