#C59B35#C59B35

#C59B35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B35
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 5.44, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 56.93, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0098 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.126 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3920, 35.5725, 8.3695)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B35 #355FC5

analogous

#C55335 #C59B35 #A7C535

triadic

#C59B35 #35C59B #9B35C5

tetradic

#C59B35 #35C553 #355FC5 #C535A7

square

#C59B35 #35C553 #355FC5 #C535A7

split-complementary

#C59B35 #35A7C5 #5335C5

monochromatic

#654F1B #957528 #C59B35 #D5B362 #E2CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C59B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C59B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B35

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B35	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)

#AE9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb873',
    500: '#c59b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b35;
$custom-light: #dbb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71058,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B35

secondary

#899DCD

accent

#74E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B35

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

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