#C59038#C59038

#C59038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59038
RGB	rgb(197, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 11.57, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 53.88, 77.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0279 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.121 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7153, 32.1050, 8.1618)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59038 #386DC5

analogous

#C54A38 #C59038 #B3C538

triadic

#C59038 #38C590 #9038C5

tetradic

#C59038 #38C54A #386DC5 #C538B3

square

#C59038 #38C54A #386DC5 #C538B3

split-complementary

#C59038 #38B3C5 #4A38C5

monochromatic

#664A1D #956D2A #C59038 #D4AB67 #E1C596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C59038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#C59038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59038

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59038	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb073',
    500: '#c59038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59038;
$custom-light: #dbb073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68899,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59038

secondary

#8CA4CD

accent

#81DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59038

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

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