#C59A37#C59A37

#C59A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59A37
RGB	rgb(197, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 6.08, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 55.94, 83.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0118 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.124 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2733, 35.2598, 8.5617)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59A37 #3762C5

analogous

#C55337 #C59A37 #A9C537

triadic

#C59A37 #37C59A #9A37C5

tetradic

#C59A37 #37C553 #3762C5 #C537A9

square

#C59A37 #37C553 #3762C5 #C537A9

split-complementary

#C59A37 #37A9C5 #5337C5

monochromatic

#654F1C #95752A #C59A37 #D4B265 #E1CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C59A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C59A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59A37

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59A37	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb774',
    500: '#c59a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59a37;
$custom-light: #dbb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70873,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59A37

secondary

#8B9FCD

accent

#76E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59A37

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

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