#C59B36#C59B36

#C59B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C59B36
RGBrgb(197, 155, 54)
HSLhsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(42, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.3%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(66.20, 5.49, 56.27)
CIE-LCHlch(66.20, 56.54, 84.43°)
OKLaboklab(71.07% 0.01 0.125)
OKLCHoklch(71.07% 0.125 85.4)
XYZxyz(35.4153, 35.5818, 8.4920)
Luminance0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C59B36 #3660C5
analogous
#C55436 #C59B36 #A8C536
triadic
#C59B36 #36C59B #9B36C5
tetradic
#C59B36 #36C554 #3660C5 #C536A8
square
#C59B36 #36C554 #3660C5 #C536A8
split-complementary
#C59B36 #36A8C5 #5436C5
monochromatic
#654F1C #957529 #C59B36 #D4B364 #E2CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#C59B36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12
#C59B36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B36
8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C59B36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C59B361.002.598.128.12
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1221.001.001.00
##0000008.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A53B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D68D87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c59b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 85.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb873',
    500: '#c59b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c59b36;
$custom-light: #dbb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c59b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71066,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C59B36
secondary
#8A9ECD
accent
#74E048
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FCF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161108
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

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#C59B36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva