#C59B32#C59B32

#C59B32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B32
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 5.30, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 58.09, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.009 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.128 86)
XYZ	xyz(35.3252, 35.5457, 8.0174)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B32 #325CC5

analogous

#C55132 #C59B32 #A5C532

triadic

#C59B32 #32C59B #9B32C5

tetradic

#C59B32 #32C551 #325CC5 #C532A5

square

#C59B32 #32C551 #325CC5 #C532A5

split-complementary

#C59B32 #32A5C5 #5132C5

monochromatic

#634E19 #947526 #C59B32 #D6B45E #E3CB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C59B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C59B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B32

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B32	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)

#AE9A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb871',
    500: '#c59b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b32;
$custom-light: #dbb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71036,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.35543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B32

secondary

#869ACD

accent

#72E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B32

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

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