#C59B3F#C59B3F

#C59B3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.119 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B3F
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 63)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 5.96, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 52.83, 83.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0125 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.119 84)
XYZ	xyz(35.6466, 35.6743, 9.7100)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B3F #3F69C5

analogous

#C5583F #C59B3F #ACC53F

triadic

#C59B3F #3FC59B #9B3FC5

tetradic

#C59B3F #3FC558 #3F69C5 #C53FAC

square

#C59B3F #3FC558 #3F69C5 #C53FAC

split-complementary

#C59B3F #3FACC5 #583FC5

monochromatic

#6A5320 #99772E #C59B3F #D3B36E #E1CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C59B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#C59B3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B3F

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B3F	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.119 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab878',
    500: '#c59b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b3f;
$custom-light: #dab878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71145,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.35672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B3F

secondary

#92A5CE

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B3F

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

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