#C59C3E#C59C3E

#C59C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.120 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C3E
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 5.36, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 53.47, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0106 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.12 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7860, 35.9974, 9.6198)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C3E #3E67C5

analogous

#C5583E #C59C3E #AAC53E

triadic

#C59C3E #3EC59C #9C3EC5

tetradic

#C59C3E #3EC558 #3E67C5 #C53EAA

square

#C59C3E #3EC558 #3E67C5 #C53EAA

split-complementary

#C59C3E #3EAAC5 #583EC5

monochromatic

#695320 #98782E #C59C3E #D3B46D #E1CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C59C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C59C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C3E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C3E	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.120 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab878',
    500: '#c59c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c3e;
$custom-light: #dab878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71337,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C3E

secondary

#91A4CD

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C3E

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

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