#C69F45#C69F45

#C69F45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69F45
RGB	rgb(198, 159, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 4.59, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 51.28, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0092 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.117 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7630, 37.2340, 10.8796)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69F45 #456CC6

analogous

#C65E45 #C69F45 #ADC645

triadic

#C69F45 #45C69F #9F45C6

tetradic

#C69F45 #45C65E #456CC6 #C645AD

square

#C69F45 #45C65E #456CC6 #C645AD

split-complementary

#C69F45 #45ADC6 #5E45C6

monochromatic

#6F5722 #9E7C30 #C69F45 #D4B774 #E3CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C69F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C69F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69F45

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69F45	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 159, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb7c',
    500: '#c69f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69f45;
$custom-light: #dbbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72115,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69F45

secondary

#97A8CF

accent

#77DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69F45

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

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