#C59B4E#C59B4E

#C59B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B4E
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 6.93, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 46.13, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0173 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.107 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1243, 35.8654, 12.2263)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B4E #4E78C5

analogous

#C5604E #C59B4E #B3C54E

triadic

#C59B4E #4EC59B #9B4EC5

tetradic

#C59B4E #4EC560 #4E78C5 #C54EB3

square

#C59B4E #4EC560 #4E78C5 #C54EB3

split-complementary

#C59B4E #4EB3C5 #604EC5

monochromatic

#735826 #A17B35 #C59B4E #D4B57C #E3CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C59B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#C59B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B4E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B4E	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab882',
    500: '#c59b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b4e;
$custom-light: #dab882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71307,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B4E

secondary

#9EB0D1

accent

#7FDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B4E

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

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