#C59238#C59238

#C59238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59238
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 10.48, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 54.16, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0247 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.121 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0209, 32.7162, 8.2636)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59238 #386BC5

analogous

#C54C38 #C59238 #B2C538

triadic

#C59238 #38C592 #9238C5

tetradic

#C59238 #38C54C #386BC5 #C538B2

square

#C59238 #38C54C #386BC5 #C538B2

split-complementary

#C59238 #38B2C5 #4C38C5

monochromatic

#664B1D #956F2A #C59238 #D4AC67 #E1C696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C59238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#C59238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59238

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59238	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)

#A6932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb174',
    500: '#c59238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59238;
$custom-light: #dbb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69291,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59238

secondary

#8CA3CD

accent

#7FDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59238

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

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