#C59449#C59449

#C59449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59449
RGB	rgb(197, 148, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 10.39, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 47.13, 77.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0268 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.11 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8205, 33.5337, 10.9407)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59449 #497AC5

analogous

#C55649 #C59449 #B8C549

triadic

#C59449 #49C594 #9449C5

tetradic

#C59449 #49C556 #497AC5 #C549B8

square

#C59449 #49C556 #497AC5 #C549B8

split-complementary

#C59449 #49B8C5 #5649C5

monochromatic

#705224 #9E7432 #C59449 #D4AF77 #E3CBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C59449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#C59449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59449

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59449	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 148, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab37e',
    500: '#c59449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59449;
$custom-light: #dab37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.29,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69859,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59449

secondary

#9AAFD0

accent

#85DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59449

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

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