#C59236#C59236

#C59236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.123 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59236
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, 10.38, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 54.97, 79.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0242 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.123 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9729, 32.6970, 8.0112)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59236 #3669C5

analogous

#C54A36 #C59236 #B1C536

triadic

#C59236 #36C592 #9236C5

tetradic

#C59236 #36C54A #3669C5 #C536B1

square

#C59236 #36C54A #3669C5 #C536B1

split-complementary

#C59236 #36B1C5 #4A36C5

monochromatic

#654B1C #956E29 #C59236 #D4AC64 #E2C694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C59236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#C59236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59236

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59236	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)

#A6932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.123 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb172',
    500: '#c59236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59236;
$custom-light: #dbb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.601,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69274,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59236

secondary

#8AA2CD

accent

#7EE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59236

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

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