#C59531#C59531

#C59531 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59531
RGB	rgb(197, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 8.51, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 57.39, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0182 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.126 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3300, 33.5895, 7.5804)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59531 #3161C5

analogous

#C54B31 #C59531 #ABC531

triadic

#C59531 #31C595 #9531C5

tetradic

#C59531 #31C54B #3161C5 #C531AB

square

#C59531 #31C54B #3161C5 #C531AB

split-complementary

#C59531 #31ABC5 #4B31C5

monochromatic

#634B19 #947025 #C59531 #D7AF5D #E3C78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C59531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#C59531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59531

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59531	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb370',
    500: '#c59531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59531;
$custom-light: #dbb370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69827,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59531

secondary

#859CCD

accent

#78E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59531

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

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