#C59237#C59237

#C59237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.122 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59237
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 10.43, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 54.56, 78.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0245 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.122 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9967, 32.7065, 8.1361)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59237 #376AC5

analogous

#C54B37 #C59237 #B1C537

triadic

#C59237 #37C592 #9237C5

tetradic

#C59237 #37C54B #376AC5 #C537B1

square

#C59237 #37C54B #376AC5 #C537B1

split-complementary

#C59237 #37B1C5 #4B37C5

monochromatic

#654B1C #956F2A #C59237 #D4AC65 #E1C695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C59237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#C59237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59237

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59237	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#A6932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.122 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb173',
    500: '#c59237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59237;
$custom-light: #dbb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69283,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59237

secondary

#8BA3CD

accent

#7FE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59237

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

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