#C59142#C59142

#C59142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.114 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59142
RGB	rgb(197, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 11.58, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 49.78, 76.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.0293 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.114 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1369, 32.5170, 9.6317)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59142 #4276C5

analogous

#C55042 #C59142 #B8C542

triadic

#C59142 #42C591 #9142C5

tetradic

#C59142 #42C550 #4276C5 #C542B8

square

#C59142 #42C550 #4276C5 #C542B8

split-complementary

#C59142 #42B8C5 #5042C5

monochromatic

#6C4E21 #9A702F #C59142 #D3AC71 #E2C8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C59142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#C59142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59142

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59142	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)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.114 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb17a',
    500: '#c59142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59142;
$custom-light: #dbb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.183,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69192,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59142

secondary

#95ABCE

accent

#85DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59142

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

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