#C59440#C59440

#C59440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59440
RGB	rgb(197, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 9.83, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 51.10, 78.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0239 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.116 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5434, 33.4228, 9.4814)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59440 #4071C5

analogous

#C55140 #C59440 #B3C540

triadic

#C59440 #40C594 #9440C5

tetradic

#C59440 #40C551 #4071C5 #C540B3

square

#C59440 #40C551 #4071C5 #C540B3

split-complementary

#C59440 #40B3C5 #5140C5

monochromatic

#6A4F20 #99722F #C59440 #D3AE6F #E2C99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C59440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#C59440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59440

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59440	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb379',
    500: '#c59440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59440;
$custom-light: #dbb379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6976,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59440

secondary

#93A9CE

accent

#81DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59440

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

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