#C59B45#C59B45

#C59B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.115 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B45
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 6.32, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 50.21, 82.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0143 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.115 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8235, 35.7450, 10.6417)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B45 #456FC5

analogous

#C55B45 #C59B45 #AFC545

triadic

#C59B45 #45C59B #9B45C5

tetradic

#C59B45 #45C55B #456FC5 #C545AF

square

#C59B45 #45C55B #456FC5 #C545AF

split-complementary

#C59B45 #45AFC5 #5B45C5

monochromatic

#6D5522 #9C7931 #C59B45 #D4B474 #E2CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C59B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C59B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B45

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B45	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.115 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab87c',
    500: '#c59b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b45;
$custom-light: #dab87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.313,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71205,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B45

secondary

#97A9CF

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B45

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

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