#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
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 5.49, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 56.54, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.01 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.125 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4153, 35.5818, 8.4920)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##C59B36	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C59B36

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

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