#C59936#C59936

#C59936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59936
RGB	rgb(197, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 6.57, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 56.15, 83.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0131 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.125 84)
XYZ	xyz(35.0852, 34.9216, 8.3819)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59936 #3662C5

analogous

#C55136 #C59936 #AAC536

triadic

#C59936 #36C599 #9936C5

tetradic

#C59936 #36C551 #3662C5 #C536AA

square

#C59936 #36C551 #3662C5 #C536AA

split-complementary

#C59936 #36AAC5 #5136C5

monochromatic

#654E1C #957429 #C59936 #D4B264 #E2CA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C59936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C59936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59936

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59936	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb673',
    500: '#c59936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59936;
$custom-light: #dbb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70664,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.34919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59936

secondary

#8A9FCD

accent

#77E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59936

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

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