#C59C36#C59C36

#C59C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C36
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 4.95, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 56.74, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0084 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.126 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5824, 35.9160, 8.5477)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C36 #365FC5

analogous

#C55536 #C59C36 #A7C536

triadic

#C59C36 #36C59C #9C36C5

tetradic

#C59C36 #36C555 #365FC5 #C536A7

square

#C59C36 #36C555 #365FC5 #C536A7

split-complementary

#C59C36 #36A7C5 #5536C5

monochromatic

#65501C #957629 #C59C36 #D4B464 #E2CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C59C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C59C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C36

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C36	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)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb873',
    500: '#c59c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c36;
$custom-light: #dbb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.797,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71268,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C36

secondary

#8A9DCD

accent

#73E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C36

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

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