#C59B50#C59B50

#C59B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B50
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 7.08, 44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 45.21, 80.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.018 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.106 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1971, 35.8945, 12.6097)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B50 #507AC5

analogous

#C56150 #C59B50 #B4C550

triadic

#C59B50 #50C59B #9B50C5

tetradic

#C59B50 #50C561 #507AC5 #C550B4

square

#C59B50 #50C561 #507AC5 #C550B4

split-complementary

#C59B50 #50B4C5 #6150C5

monochromatic

#745826 #A27B36 #C59B50 #D4B57E #E3D0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C59B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C59B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B50

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B50	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab883',
    500: '#c59b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b50;
$custom-light: #dab883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B50

secondary

#A0B1D1

accent

#80DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B50

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

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