#C59042#C59042

#C59042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.114 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59042
RGB	rgb(197, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 12.13, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 49.65, 75.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0309 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.114 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9847, 32.2128, 9.5810)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59042 #4277C5

analogous

#C54F42 #C59042 #B9C542

triadic

#C59042 #42C590 #9042C5

tetradic

#C59042 #42C54F #4277C5 #C542B9

square

#C59042 #42C54F #4277C5 #C542B9

split-complementary

#C59042 #42B9C5 #4F42C5

monochromatic

#6C4D21 #9A6F2F #C59042 #D3AC71 #E2C7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#C59042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#C59042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59042

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59042	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)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.114 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb07a',
    500: '#c59042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59042;
$custom-light: #dbb07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.725,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68997,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59042

secondary

#95ACCE

accent

#86DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59042

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

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