#C59040#C59040

#C59040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.116 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59040
RGB	rgb(197, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 12.01, 49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 50.51, 76.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.0303 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.116 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9268, 32.1896, 9.2758)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59040 #4075C5

analogous

#C54D40 #C59040 #B8C540

triadic

#C59040 #40C590 #9040C5

tetradic

#C59040 #40C54D #4075C5 #C540B8

square

#C59040 #40C54D #4075C5 #C540B8

split-complementary

#C59040 #40B8C5 #4D40C5

monochromatic

#6A4D20 #996F2F #C59040 #D3AB6F #E2C79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#C59040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#C59040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59040

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59040	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.116 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb078',
    500: '#c59040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59040;
$custom-light: #dbb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.09,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68976,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59040

secondary

#93AACE

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59040

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

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