#C59C4E#C59C4E

#C59C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C4E
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 6.39, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 46.35, 82.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0157 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.108 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2914, 36.1996, 12.2820)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C4E #4E77C5

analogous

#C5614E #C59C4E #B2C54E

triadic

#C59C4E #4EC59C #9C4EC5

tetradic

#C59C4E #4EC561 #4E77C5 #C54EB2

square

#C59C4E #4EC561 #4E77C5 #C54EB2

split-complementary

#C59C4E #4EB2C5 #614EC5

monochromatic

#735826 #A17C35 #C59C4E #D4B67C #E3D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C59C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#C59C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C4E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C4E	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab982',
    500: '#c59c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c4e;
$custom-light: #dab982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.328,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71507,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C4E

secondary

#9EB0D1

accent

#7EDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C4E

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

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