#C59235#C59235

#C59235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.123 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59235
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, 10.33, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 55.37, 79.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0239 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.123 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9497, 32.6877, 7.8888)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59235 #3568C5

analogous

#C54A35 #C59235 #B0C535

triadic

#C59235 #35C592 #9235C5

tetradic

#C59235 #35C54A #3568C5 #C535B0

square

#C59235 #35C54A #3568C5 #C535B0

split-complementary

#C59235 #35B0C5 #4A35C5

monochromatic

#654B1B #956E28 #C59235 #D5AC62 #E2C693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C59235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#C59235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59235

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59235	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.123 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb172',
    500: '#c59235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59235;
$custom-light: #dbb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69266,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59235

secondary

#89A1CD

accent

#7DE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59235

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

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