#C59231#C59231

#C59231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.126 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59231
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 10.15, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 56.93, 79.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0229 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.126 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8615, 32.6525, 7.4243)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59231 #3164C5

analogous

#C54831 #C59231 #AEC531

triadic

#C59231 #31C592 #9231C5

tetradic

#C59231 #31C548 #3164C5 #C531AE

square

#C59231 #31C548 #3164C5 #C531AE

split-complementary

#C59231 #31AEC5 #4831C5

monochromatic

#634919 #946E25 #C59231 #D7AD5D #E3C58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C59231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#C59231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59231

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59231	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.126 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb170',
    500: '#c59231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59231;
$custom-light: #dbb170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.324,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69234,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59231

secondary

#859ECD

accent

#7BE344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59231

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

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