#C59338#C59338

#C59338 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59338
RGB	rgb(197, 147, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 9.93, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 54.31, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0232 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.121 79)
XYZ	xyz(34.1757, 33.0259, 8.3153)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59338 #386AC5

analogous

#C54C38 #C59338 #B1C538

triadic

#C59338 #38C593 #9338C5

tetradic

#C59338 #38C54C #386AC5 #C538B1

square

#C59338 #38C54C #386AC5 #C538B1

split-complementary

#C59338 #38B1C5 #4C38C5

monochromatic

#664C1D #956F2A #C59338 #D4AD67 #E1C796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C59338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#C59338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59338

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59338	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 147, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb274',
    500: '#c59338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59338;
$custom-light: #dbb274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.723,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69488,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.33023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59338

secondary

#8CA3CD

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59338

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

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