#C59C3C#C59C3C

#C59C3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.122 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C3C
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 5.25, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 54.31, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.0101 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.122 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7321, 35.9759, 9.3361)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C3C #3C65C5

analogous

#C5583C #C59C3C #A9C53C

triadic

#C59C3C #3CC59C #9C3CC5

tetradic

#C59C3C #3CC558 #3C65C5 #C53CA9

square

#C59C3C #3CC558 #3C65C5 #C53CA9

split-complementary

#C59C3C #3CA9C5 #583CC5

monochromatic

#68521F #97772D #C59C3C #D3B46B #E1CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C59C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C59C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C3C

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C3C	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)

#AE9B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.122 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb877',
    500: '#c59c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c3c;
$custom-light: #dbb877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71319,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C3C

secondary

#90A2CD

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C3C

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

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