#C59A38#C59A38

#C59A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59A38
RGB	rgb(197, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 6.13, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 55.54, 83.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0121 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.124 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2975, 35.2695, 8.6892)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59A38 #3863C5

analogous

#C55438 #C59A38 #AAC538

triadic

#C59A38 #38C59A #9A38C5

tetradic

#C59A38 #38C554 #3863C5 #C538AA

square

#C59A38 #38C554 #3863C5 #C538AA

split-complementary

#C59A38 #38AAC5 #5438C5

monochromatic

#664F1D #95752A #C59A38 #D4B267 #E1CA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C59A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C59A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59A38

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59A38	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)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb774',
    500: '#c59a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59a38;
$custom-light: #dbb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70881,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59A38

secondary

#8CA0CD

accent

#77DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59A38

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

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