#C59C41#C59C41

#C59C41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C41
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 5.54, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 52.18, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0115 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.118 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8706, 36.0313, 10.0654)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C41 #416AC5

analogous

#C55A41 #C59C41 #ACC541

triadic

#C59C41 #41C59C #9C41C5

tetradic

#C59C41 #41C55A #416AC5 #C541AC

square

#C59C41 #41C55A #416AC5 #C541AC

split-complementary

#C59C41 #41ACC5 #5A41C5

monochromatic

#6B5421 #9A792F #C59C41 #D3B470 #E2CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C59C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C59C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C41

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C41	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab87a',
    500: '#c59c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c41;
$custom-light: #dab87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.364,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71365,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C41

secondary

#94A6CE

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C41

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

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