#C59140#C59140

#C59140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.116 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59140
RGB	rgb(197, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 11.46, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 50.65, 76.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% 0.0287 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.116 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0789, 32.4939, 9.3266)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59140 #4074C5

analogous

#C54E40 #C59140 #B7C540

triadic

#C59140 #40C591 #9140C5

tetradic

#C59140 #40C54E #4074C5 #C540B7

square

#C59140 #40C54E #4074C5 #C540B7

split-complementary

#C59140 #40B7C5 #4E40C5

monochromatic

#6A4D20 #99702F #C59140 #D3AC6F #E2C79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C59140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#C59140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59140

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59140	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.116 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb178',
    500: '#c59140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59140;
$custom-light: #dbb178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.541,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69171,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59140

secondary

#93AACE

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59140

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

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