#C59838#C59838

#C59838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59838
RGB	rgb(197, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 7.21, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 55.16, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0152 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.123 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9702, 34.6148, 8.5801)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59838 #3865C5

analogous

#C55238 #C59838 #ACC538

triadic

#C59838 #38C598 #9838C5

tetradic

#C59838 #38C552 #3865C5 #C538AC

square

#C59838 #38C552 #3865C5 #C538AC

split-complementary

#C59838 #38ACC5 #5238C5

monochromatic

#664E1D #95732A #C59838 #D4B167 #E1C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C59838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#C59838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59838

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59838	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb674',
    500: '#c59838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59838;
$custom-light: #dbb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70481,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59838

secondary

#8CA1CD

accent

#79DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59838

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

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