#C59639#C59639

#C59639 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59639
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 8.35, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 54.39, 81.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0187 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.122 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6730, 33.9809, 8.6029)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59639 #3968C5

analogous

#C55039 #C59639 #AEC539

triadic

#C59639 #39C596 #9639C5

tetradic

#C59639 #39C550 #3968C5 #C539AE

square

#C59639 #39C550 #3968C5 #C539AE

split-complementary

#C59639 #39AEC5 #5039C5

monochromatic

#664E1E #96722B #C59639 #D3AF68 #E1C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C59639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#C59639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59639

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59639	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb474',
    500: '#c59639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59639;
$custom-light: #dbb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70091,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59639

secondary

#8DA2CD

accent

#7BDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59639

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

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