#C59931#C59931

#C59931 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.128 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59931
RGB	rgb(197, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 6.34, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 58.08, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0119 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.128 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9738, 34.8770, 7.7950)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59931 #315DC5

analogous

#C54F31 #C59931 #A7C531

triadic

#C59931 #31C599 #9931C5

tetradic

#C59931 #31C54F #315DC5 #C531A7

square

#C59931 #31C54F #315DC5 #C531A7

split-complementary

#C59931 #31A7C5 #4F31C5

monochromatic

#634D19 #947325 #C59931 #D7B25D #E3C98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C59931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C59931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59931

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59931	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.128 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb670',
    500: '#c59931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59931;
$custom-light: #dbb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70626,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59931

secondary

#859ACD

accent

#74E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59931

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

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