#C59A36#C59A36

#C59A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59A36
RGB	rgb(197, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 6.03, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 56.34, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0116 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.125 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2496, 35.2503, 8.4367)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59A36 #3661C5

analogous

#C55336 #C59A36 #A9C536

triadic

#C59A36 #36C59A #9A36C5

tetradic

#C59A36 #36C553 #3661C5 #C536A9

square

#C59A36 #36C553 #3661C5 #C536A9

split-complementary

#C59A36 #36A9C5 #5336C5

monochromatic

#654F1C #957429 #C59A36 #D4B364 #E2CA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C59A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C59A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59A36

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59A36	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)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb773',
    500: '#c59a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59a36;
$custom-light: #dbb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70865,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59A36

secondary

#8A9ECD

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59A36

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

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