#C59249#C59249

#C59249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.109 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59249
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, 11.49, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 46.83, 75.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.03 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.109 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5095, 32.9117, 10.8370)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59249 #497CC5

analogous

#C55449 #C59249 #BAC549

triadic

#C59249 #49C592 #9249C5

tetradic

#C59249 #49C554 #497CC5 #C549BA

square

#C59249 #49C554 #497CC5 #C549BA

split-complementary

#C59249 #49BAC5 #5449C5

monochromatic

#705124 #9E7232 #C59249 #D4AE77 #E3CAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#C59249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#C59249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59249

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59249	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.109 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab17e',
    500: '#c59249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59249;
$custom-light: #dab17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.323,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69466,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59249

secondary

#9AB0D0

accent

#87DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59249

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

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