#C59657#C59657

#C59657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.098 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59657
RGB	rgb(197, 150, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 10.35, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 41.03, 75.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0285 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.098 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6544, 34.3735, 13.7718)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59657 #5786C5

analogous

#C55F57 #C59657 #BDC557

triadic

#C59657 #57C596 #9657C5

tetradic

#C59657 #57C55F #5786C5 #C557BD

square

#C59657 #57C55F #5786C5 #C557BD

split-complementary

#C59657 #57BDC5 #5F57C5

monochromatic

#785729 #A67739 #C59657 #D5B284 #E4CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C59657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#C59657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59657

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59657	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 150, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.098 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b488',
    500: '#c59657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59657;
$custom-light: #d9b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.364,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70434,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59657

secondary

#A5B9D3

accent

#8AD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59657

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

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