#C59A33#C59A33

#C59A33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59A33
RGB	rgb(197, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 5.89, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 57.51, 84.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0108 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.127 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1813, 35.2230, 8.0771)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59A33 #335EC5

analogous

#C55133 #C59A33 #A7C533

triadic

#C59A33 #33C59A #9A33C5

tetradic

#C59A33 #33C551 #335EC5 #C533A7

square

#C59A33 #33C551 #335EC5 #C533A7

split-complementary

#C59A33 #33A7C5 #5133C5

monochromatic

#644E1A #947426 #C59A33 #D6B35F #E2CA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C59A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#C59A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59A33

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59A33	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)

#AD9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb771',
    500: '#c59a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59a33;
$custom-light: #dbb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70842,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59A33

secondary

#879BCD

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59A33

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

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