#C59240#C59240

#C59240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.116 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59240
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 10.92, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 50.79, 77.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0271 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.116 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2324, 32.8008, 9.3777)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59240 #4073C5

analogous

#C54F40 #C59240 #B6C540

triadic

#C59240 #40C592 #9240C5

tetradic

#C59240 #40C54F #4073C5 #C540B6

square

#C59240 #40C54F #4073C5 #C540B6

split-complementary

#C59240 #40B6C5 #4F40C5

monochromatic

#6A4E20 #99702F #C59240 #D3AD6F #E2C89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C59240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#C59240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59240

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59240	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.116 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb178',
    500: '#c59240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59240;
$custom-light: #dbb178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69367,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59240

secondary

#93AACE

accent

#83DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59240

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

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