#C59B33#C59B33

#C59B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B33
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 5.35, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 57.71, 84.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0092 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.127 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3470, 35.5544, 8.1323)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B33 #335DC5

analogous

#C55233 #C59B33 #A6C533

triadic

#C59B33 #33C59B #9B33C5

tetradic

#C59B33 #33C552 #335DC5 #C533A6

square

#C59B33 #33C552 #335DC5 #C533A6

split-complementary

#C59B33 #33A6C5 #5233C5

monochromatic

#644E1A #947526 #C59B33 #D6B45F #E2CB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C59B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C59B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B33

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb872',
    500: '#c59b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b33;
$custom-light: #dbb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71043,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B33

secondary

#879BCD

accent

#73E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B33

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

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