#C59B3A#C59B3A

#C59B3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B3A
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 5.69, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 54.93, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0111 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.123 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5131, 35.6209, 9.0072)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B3A #3A64C5

analogous

#C5563A #C59B3A #A9C53A

triadic

#C59B3A #3AC59B #9B3AC5

tetradic

#C59B3A #3AC556 #3A64C5 #C53AA9

square

#C59B3A #3AC556 #3A64C5 #C53AA9

split-complementary

#C59B3A #3AA9C5 #563AC5

monochromatic

#66511E #96762C #C59B3A #D3B369 #E1CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C59B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C59B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B3A

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B3A	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)

#AE9B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb875',
    500: '#c59b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b3a;
$custom-light: #dbb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.871,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71099,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B3A

secondary

#8EA1CD

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B3A

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

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