#C59A4E#C59A4E

#C59A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.107 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59A4E
RGB	rgb(197, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 7.48, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 45.93, 80.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0189 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.107 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9586, 35.5339, 12.1710)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59A4E #4E79C5

analogous

#C55F4E #C59A4E #B5C54E

triadic

#C59A4E #4EC59A #9A4EC5

tetradic

#C59A4E #4EC55F #4E79C5 #C54EB5

square

#C59A4E #4EC55F #4E79C5 #C54EB5

split-complementary

#C59A4E #4EB5C5 #5F4EC5

monochromatic

#735726 #A17A35 #C59A4E #D4B47C #E3CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C59A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C59A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59A4E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59A4E	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.107 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab782',
    500: '#c59a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59a4e;
$custom-light: #dab782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.319,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71107,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59A4E

secondary

#9EB0D1

accent

#80DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59A4E

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

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