#C59949#C59949

#C59949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59949
RGB	rgb(197, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 7.67, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 48.01, 80.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0188 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.111 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6218, 35.1362, 11.2078)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59949 #4975C5

analogous

#C55B49 #C59949 #B3C549

triadic

#C59949 #49C599 #9949C5

tetradic

#C59949 #49C55B #4975C5 #C549B3

square

#C59949 #49C55B #4975C5 #C549B3

split-complementary

#C59949 #49B3C5 #5B49C5

monochromatic

#705524 #9E7832 #C59949 #D4B377 #E3CDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C59949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C59949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59949

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59949	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab67f',
    500: '#c59949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59949;
$custom-light: #dab67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70849,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59949

secondary

#9AADD0

accent

#7FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59949

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

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