#C59138#C59138

#C59138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.121 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59138
RGB	rgb(197, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 11.03, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 54.01, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0263 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.121 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8674, 32.4093, 8.2125)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59138 #386CC5

analogous

#C54A38 #C59138 #B3C538

triadic

#C59138 #38C591 #9138C5

tetradic

#C59138 #38C54A #386CC5 #C538B3

square

#C59138 #38C54A #386CC5 #C538B3

split-complementary

#C59138 #38B3C5 #4A38C5

monochromatic

#664B1D #956E2A #C59138 #D4AB67 #E1C696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#C59138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#C59138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59138

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59138	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.121 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb173',
    500: '#c59138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59138;
$custom-light: #dbb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69095,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59138

secondary

#8CA4CD

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59138

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

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