#C59242#C59242

#C59242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59242
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 11.04, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 49.93, 77.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% 0.0277 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.114 76)
XYZ	xyz(34.2903, 32.8240, 9.6828)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59242 #4275C5

analogous

#C55142 #C59242 #B7C542

triadic

#C59242 #42C592 #9242C5

tetradic

#C59242 #42C551 #4275C5 #C542B7

square

#C59242 #42C551 #4275C5 #C542B7

split-complementary

#C59242 #42B7C5 #5142C5

monochromatic

#6C4F21 #9A712F #C59242 #D3AD71 #E2C8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C59242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#C59242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59242

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59242	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)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb17a',
    500: '#c59242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59242;
$custom-light: #dbb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69388,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.32821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59242

secondary

#95ABCE

accent

#84DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59242

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

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