#C59935#C59935

#C59935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59935
RGB	rgb(197, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 6.52, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 56.54, 83.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0129 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.125 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0620, 34.9123, 8.2595)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59935 #3561C5

analogous

#C55135 #C59935 #A9C535

triadic

#C59935 #35C599 #9935C5

tetradic

#C59935 #35C551 #3561C5 #C535A9

square

#C59935 #35C551 #3561C5 #C535A9

split-complementary

#C59935 #35A9C5 #5135C5

monochromatic

#654E1B #957428 #C59935 #D5B262 #E2CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C59935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C59935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59935

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59935	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)

#AC9927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb672',
    500: '#c59935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59935;
$custom-light: #dbb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70656,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59935

secondary

#899ECD

accent

#76E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59935

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

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