#C59B60#C59B60

#C59B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.091 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B60
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 96)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 51.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 8.41, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 37.67, 77.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0239 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.091 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8603, 36.1597, 16.1021)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B60 #608AC5

analogous

#C56960 #C59B60 #BCC560

triadic

#C59B60 #60C59B #9B60C5

tetradic

#C59B60 #60C569 #608AC5 #C560BC

square

#C59B60 #60C569 #608AC5 #C560BC

split-complementary

#C59B60 #60BCC5 #6960C5

monochromatic

#7D5C2E #AA7D3E #C59B60 #D5B78D #E6D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C59B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C59B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B60

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B60	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.091 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b88e',
    500: '#c59b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b60;
$custom-light: #d9b88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.05,
    "s": 46.544,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71556,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B60

secondary

#ACBDD5

accent

#89D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B60

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

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