#C59A32#C59A32

#C59A32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59A32
RGB	rgb(197, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 5.84, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 57.89, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0106 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.127 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1595, 35.2143, 7.9622)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59A32 #325DC5

analogous

#C55032 #C59A32 #A6C532

triadic

#C59A32 #32C59A #9A32C5

tetradic

#C59A32 #32C550 #325DC5 #C532A6

square

#C59A32 #32C550 #325DC5 #C532A6

split-complementary

#C59A32 #32A6C5 #5032C5

monochromatic

#634E19 #947426 #C59A32 #D6B35E #E3CA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C59A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#C59A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59A32

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59A32	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb771',
    500: '#c59a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59a32;
$custom-light: #dbb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70834,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59A32

secondary

#869BCD

accent

#73E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59A32

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

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