#C59C38#C59C38

#C59C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C38
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 5.04, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 55.95, 84.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.009 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.125 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6303, 35.9352, 8.8001)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C38 #3861C5

analogous

#C55538 #C59C38 #A8C538

triadic

#C59C38 #38C59C #9C38C5

tetradic

#C59C38 #38C555 #3861C5 #C538A8

square

#C59C38 #38C555 #3861C5 #C538A8

split-complementary

#C59C38 #38A8C5 #5538C5

monochromatic

#66511D #95762A #C59C38 #D4B467 #E1CB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C59C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C59C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C38

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C38	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb874',
    500: '#c59c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c38;
$custom-light: #dbb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71284,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C38

secondary

#8C9FCD

accent

#74DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C38

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

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