#C59933#C59933

#C59933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59933
RGB	rgb(197, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 6.43, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 57.32, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0124 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.126 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0169, 34.8943, 8.0223)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59933 #335FC5

analogous

#C55033 #C59933 #A8C533

triadic

#C59933 #33C599 #9933C5

tetradic

#C59933 #33C550 #335FC5 #C533A8

square

#C59933 #33C550 #335FC5 #C533A8

split-complementary

#C59933 #33A8C5 #5033C5

monochromatic

#644D1A #947326 #C59933 #D6B25F #E2CA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C59933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C59933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59933

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59933	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)

#AC9924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb671',
    500: '#c59933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59933;
$custom-light: #dbb671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70641,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59933

secondary

#879CCD

accent

#75E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59933

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

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