#C59837#C59837

#C59837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59837
RGB	rgb(197, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 7.16, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 55.56, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.015 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.124 83)
XYZ	xyz(34.9459, 34.6051, 8.4526)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59837 #3764C5

analogous

#C55137 #C59837 #ABC537

triadic

#C59837 #37C598 #9837C5

tetradic

#C59837 #37C551 #3764C5 #C537AB

square

#C59837 #37C551 #3764C5 #C537AB

split-complementary

#C59837 #37ABC5 #5137C5

monochromatic

#654E1C #95732A #C59837 #D4B165 #E1C995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C59837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#C59837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59837

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59837	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb673',
    500: '#c59837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59837;
$custom-light: #dbb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.986,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70472,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.34603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59837

secondary

#8BA0CD

accent

#78E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59837

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

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