#C59539#C59539

#C59539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.121 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59539
RGB	rgb(197, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 8.90, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 54.22, 80.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0203 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.121 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5141, 33.6631, 8.5499)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59539 #3969C5

analogous

#C54F39 #C59539 #AFC539

triadic

#C59539 #39C595 #9539C5

tetradic

#C59539 #39C54F #3969C5 #C539AF

square

#C59539 #39C54F #3969C5 #C539AF

split-complementary

#C59539 #39AFC5 #4F39C5

monochromatic

#664D1E #96712B #C59539 #D3AE68 #E1C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C59539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#C59539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59539

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59539	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)

#A8962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.121 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb374',
    500: '#c59539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59539;
$custom-light: #dbb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69892,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59539

secondary

#8DA3CD

accent

#7CDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59539

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

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