#C59B38#C59B38

#C59B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.124 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B38
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 5.59, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 55.74, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0105 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.124 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4632, 35.6009, 8.7444)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B38 #3862C5

analogous

#C55538 #C59B38 #A8C538

triadic

#C59B38 #38C59B #9B38C5

tetradic

#C59B38 #38C555 #3862C5 #C538A8

square

#C59B38 #38C555 #3862C5 #C538A8

split-complementary

#C59B38 #38A8C5 #5538C5

monochromatic

#66501D #95762A #C59B38 #D4B367 #E1CB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C59B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C59B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B38

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B38	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)

#AE9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.124 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb874',
    500: '#c59b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b38;
$custom-light: #dbb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71083,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B38

secondary

#8C9FCD

accent

#76DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B38

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

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