#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
RGBrgb(197, 146, 85)
HSLhsl(33, 49%, 55%)
HSVhsv(33, 57%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.9%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(64.23, 12.38, 39.50)
CIE-LCHlch(64.23, 41.39, 72.60°)
OKLaboklab(69.62% 0.0343 0.0935)
OKLCHoklch(69.62% 0.1 69.9)
XYZxyz(34.9464, 33.0864, 13.1383)
Luminance0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C592551.002.767.627.62
#FFFFFF2.761.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6221.001.001.00
##0000007.6221.001.001.00

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

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#C59255 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva