#C59C8A#C59C8A

#C59C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.055 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C8A
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(18, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 29.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 12.62, 15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 19.79, 50.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0393 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.055 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5026, 37.4841, 29.1942)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C8A #8AB3C5

analogous

#C58A95 #C59C8A #C5B98A

triadic

#C59C8A #8AC59C #9C8AC5

tetradic

#C59C8A #95C58A #8AB3C5 #B98AC5

square

#C59C8A #95C58A #8AB3C5 #B98AC5

split-complementary

#C59C8A #8AC5B9 #8A95C5

monochromatic

#8E5C46 #B17961 #C59C8A #D9BFB3 #EEE1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C59C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C59C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C8A

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C8A	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.055 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9ac',
    500: '#c59c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c8a;
$custom-light: #d7b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.305,
    "s": 33.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.05546,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C8A

secondary

#CCD9DF

accent

#89AD39

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C8A

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

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