#C59340#C59340

#C59340 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59340
RGB	rgb(197, 147, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 10.37, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 50.94, 78.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0255 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.116 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3872, 33.1105, 9.4293)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59340 #4072C5

analogous

#C55040 #C59340 #B4C540

triadic

#C59340 #40C593 #9340C5

tetradic

#C59340 #40C550 #4072C5 #C540B4

square

#C59340 #40C550 #4072C5 #C540B4

split-complementary

#C59340 #40B4C5 #5040C5

monochromatic

#6A4E20 #99712F #C59340 #D3AE6F #E2C89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C59340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#C59340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59340

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59340	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)

#A69537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 147, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb278',
    500: '#c59340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59340;
$custom-light: #dbb278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.444,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69564,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59340

secondary

#93A9CE

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59340

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

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