#C59A35#C59A35

#C59A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59A35
RGB	rgb(197, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 5.98, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 56.73, 83.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0113 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.126 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2263, 35.2410, 8.3143)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59A35 #3560C5

analogous

#C55235 #C59A35 #A8C535

triadic

#C59A35 #35C59A #9A35C5

tetradic

#C59A35 #35C552 #3560C5 #C535A8

square

#C59A35 #35C552 #3560C5 #C535A8

split-complementary

#C59A35 #35A8C5 #5235C5

monochromatic

#654F1B #957428 #C59A35 #D5B362 #E2CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C59A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C59A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59A35

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59A35	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb773',
    500: '#c59a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59a35;
$custom-light: #dbb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70857,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59A35

secondary

#899DCD

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59A35

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

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