#C59738#C59738

#C59738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59738
RGB	rgb(197, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 7.76, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 54.97, 81.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0168 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.123 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8085, 34.2916, 8.5262)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59738 #3866C5

analogous

#C55138 #C59738 #ACC538

triadic

#C59738 #38C597 #9738C5

tetradic

#C59738 #38C551 #3866C5 #C538AC

square

#C59738 #38C551 #3866C5 #C538AC

split-complementary

#C59738 #38ACC5 #5138C5

monochromatic

#664E1D #95722A #C59738 #D4B067 #E1C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C59738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#C59738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59738

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59738	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb574',
    500: '#c59738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59738;
$custom-light: #dbb574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70281,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59738

secondary

#8CA1CD

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59738

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

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