#C59541#C59541

#C59541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.116 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59541
RGB	rgb(197, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 9.34, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 50.83, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0226 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.116 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7296, 33.7494, 9.6851)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59541 #4171C5

analogous

#C55341 #C59541 #B3C541

triadic

#C59541 #41C595 #9541C5

tetradic

#C59541 #41C553 #4171C5 #C541B3

square

#C59541 #41C553 #4171C5 #C541B3

split-complementary

#C59541 #41B3C5 #5341C5

monochromatic

#6B5021 #9A732F #C59541 #D3AF70 #E2C99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C59541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#C59541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59541

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59541	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.116 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab479',
    500: '#c59541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59541;
$custom-light: #dab479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69968,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59541

secondary

#94A9CE

accent

#80DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59541

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

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