#C59239#C59239

#C59239 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59239
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, 10.53, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 53.75, 78.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.025 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.121 78)
XYZ	xyz(34.0456, 32.7261, 8.3937)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59239 #396CC5

analogous

#C54C39 #C59239 #B2C539

triadic

#C59239 #39C592 #9239C5

tetradic

#C59239 #39C54C #396CC5 #C539B2

square

#C59239 #39C54C #396CC5 #C539B2

split-complementary

#C59239 #39B2C5 #4C39C5

monochromatic

#664C1E #966F2B #C59239 #D3AC68 #E1C697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C59239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#C59239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59239

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59239	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)

#A6942E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb174',
    500: '#c59239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59239;
$custom-light: #dbb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.693,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.32723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59239

secondary

#8DA4CD

accent

#80DE49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59239

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

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