#C59C35#C59C35

#C59C35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C35
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 4.90, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 57.14, 85.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0082 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.126 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5592, 35.9067, 8.4253)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C35 #355EC5

analogous

#C55435 #C59C35 #A6C535

triadic

#C59C35 #35C59C #9C35C5

tetradic

#C59C35 #35C554 #355EC5 #C535A6

square

#C59C35 #35C554 #355EC5 #C535A6

split-complementary

#C59C35 #35A6C5 #5435C5

monochromatic

#65501B #957628 #C59C35 #D5B462 #E2CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C59C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C59C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C35

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C35	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)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb873',
    500: '#c59c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c35;
$custom-light: #dbb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.917,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7126,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C35

secondary

#899CCD

accent

#73E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C35

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

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