#C59C39#C59C39

#C59C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C39
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 5.10, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 55.54, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0092 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.124 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6550, 35.9450, 8.9302)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C39 #3962C5

analogous

#C55639 #C59C39 #A8C539

triadic

#C59C39 #39C59C #9C39C5

tetradic

#C59C39 #39C556 #3962C5 #C539A8

square

#C59C39 #39C556 #3962C5 #C539A8

split-complementary

#C59C39 #39A8C5 #5639C5

monochromatic

#66511E #96762B #C59C39 #D3B468 #E1CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C59C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C59C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C39

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C39	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#AF9B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb875',
    500: '#c59c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c39;
$custom-light: #dbb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71293,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C39

secondary

#8DA0CD

accent

#75DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C39

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

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