#C59849#C59849

#C59849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59849
RGB	rgb(197, 152, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 8.21, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 47.82, 80.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0204 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.111 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4588, 34.8102, 11.1535)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59849 #4976C5

analogous

#C55A49 #C59849 #B4C549

triadic

#C59849 #49C598 #9849C5

tetradic

#C59849 #49C55A #4976C5 #C549B4

square

#C59849 #49C55A #4976C5 #C549B4

split-complementary

#C59849 #49B4C5 #5A49C5

monochromatic

#705424 #9E7732 #C59849 #D4B277 #E3CDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C59849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#C59849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59849

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59849	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 152, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab67e',
    500: '#c59849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59849;
$custom-light: #dab67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.226,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59849

secondary

#9AAED0

accent

#80DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59849

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

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