#C59255#C59255

#C59255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.100 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59255
RGB	rgb(197, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 12.38, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 41.39, 72.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0343 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.1 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9464, 33.0864, 13.1383)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59255 #5588C5

analogous

#C55A55 #C59255 #C0C555

triadic

#C59255 #55C592 #9255C5

tetradic

#C59255 #55C55A #5588C5 #C555C0

square

#C59255 #55C55A #5588C5 #C555C0

split-complementary

#C59255 #55C0C5 #5A55C5

monochromatic

#775329 #A57338 #C59255 #D5AF83 #E4CDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C59255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#C59255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59255

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59255	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.100 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab286',
    500: '#c59255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59255;
$custom-light: #dab286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.679,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69623,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59255

secondary

#A3B9D2

accent

#8ED94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF5EF

border

#D4CFCA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59255

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

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