#C59549#C59549

#C59549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59549
RGB	rgb(197, 149, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 9.85, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 47.29, 77.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0252 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.11 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9780, 33.8487, 10.9932)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59549 #4979C5

analogous

#C55749 #C59549 #B7C549

triadic

#C59549 #49C595 #9549C5

tetradic

#C59549 #49C557 #4979C5 #C549B7

square

#C59549 #49C557 #4979C5 #C549B7

split-complementary

#C59549 #49B7C5 #5749C5

monochromatic

#705224 #9E7532 #C59549 #D4B077 #E3CBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C59549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#C59549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59549

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59549	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 149, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab47e',
    500: '#c59549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59549;
$custom-light: #dab47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70056,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59549

secondary

#9AAFD0

accent

#84DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59549

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

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