#C59537#C59537

#C59537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.123 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59537
RGB	rgb(197, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 8.79, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 55.03, 80.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0197 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.123 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4652, 33.6436, 8.2923)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59537 #3767C5

analogous

#C54E37 #C59537 #AEC537

triadic

#C59537 #37C595 #9537C5

tetradic

#C59537 #37C54E #3767C5 #C537AE

square

#C59537 #37C54E #3767C5 #C537AE

split-complementary

#C59537 #37AEC5 #4E37C5

monochromatic

#654D1C #95712A #C59537 #D4AF65 #E1C895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C59537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#C59537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59537

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59537	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.123 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb373',
    500: '#c59537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59537;
$custom-light: #dbb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69875,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59537

secondary

#8BA1CD

accent

#7BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59537

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

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