#C59640#C59640

#C59640 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59640
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 8.74, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 51.44, 80.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0207 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.117 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8598, 34.0557, 9.5869)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59640 #406FC5

analogous

#C55340 #C59640 #B1C540

triadic

#C59640 #40C596 #9640C5

tetradic

#C59640 #40C553 #406FC5 #C540B1

square

#C59640 #40C553 #406FC5 #C540B1

split-complementary

#C59640 #40B1C5 #5340C5

monochromatic

#6A5020 #99742F #C59640 #D3B06F #E2CA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C59640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#C59640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59640

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59640	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab479',
    500: '#c59640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59640;
$custom-light: #dab479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.797,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70156,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59640

secondary

#93A8CE

accent

#7FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59640

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

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