#C59B40#C59B40

#C59B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B40
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 6.02, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 52.40, 83.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0128 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.119 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6748, 35.6855, 9.8585)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B40 #406AC5

analogous

#C55840 #C59B40 #ACC540

triadic

#C59B40 #40C59B #9B40C5

tetradic

#C59B40 #40C558 #406AC5 #C540AC

square

#C59B40 #40C558 #406AC5 #C540AC

split-complementary

#C59B40 #40ACC5 #5840C5

monochromatic

#6A5320 #99782F #C59B40 #D3B46F #E2CC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C59B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C59B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B40

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B40	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab879',
    500: '#c59b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b40;
$custom-light: #dab879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B40

secondary

#93A6CE

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B40

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

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