#C59A41#C59A41

#C59A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59A41
RGB	rgb(197, 154, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 6.62, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 51.76, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0147 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.117 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5377, 35.3656, 9.9545)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59A41 #416CC5

analogous

#C55841 #C59A41 #AEC541

triadic

#C59A41 #41C59A #9A41C5

tetradic

#C59A41 #41C558 #416CC5 #C541AE

square

#C59A41 #41C558 #416CC5 #C541AE

split-complementary

#C59A41 #41AEC5 #5841C5

monochromatic

#6B5321 #9A772F #C59A41 #D3B370 #E2CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C59A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C59A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59A41

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59A41	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 154, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab77a',
    500: '#c59a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59a41;
$custom-light: #dab77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70964,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59A41

secondary

#94A7CE

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59A41

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

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