#C59649#C59649

#C59649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59649
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 9.30, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 47.46, 78.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0236 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.11 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1369, 34.1665, 11.0462)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59649 #4978C5

analogous

#C55849 #C59649 #B6C549

triadic

#C59649 #49C596 #9649C5

tetradic

#C59649 #49C558 #4978C5 #C549B6

square

#C59649 #49C558 #4978C5 #C549B6

split-complementary

#C59649 #49B6C5 #5849C5

monochromatic

#705324 #9E7532 #C59649 #D4B177 #E3CCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C59649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#C59649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59649

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59649	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab47e',
    500: '#c59649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59649;
$custom-light: #dab47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70253,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59649

secondary

#9AAED0

accent

#83DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59649

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

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