#C59C8E#C59C8E

#C59C8E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.053 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C8E
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(15, 32%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(15, 28%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 27.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 13.17, 13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 18.61, 44.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0409 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.053 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7976, 37.6020, 30.7476)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C8E #8EB7C5

analogous

#C58E9C #C59C8E #C5B88E

triadic

#C59C8E #8EC59C #9C8EC5

tetradic

#C59C8E #9CC58E #8EB7C5 #B88EC5

square

#C59C8E #9CC58E #8EB7C5 #B88EC5

split-complementary

#C59C8E #8EC5B8 #8E9CC5

monochromatic

#8F5B49 #B07966 #C59C8E #DABFB6 #EFE3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C59C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C59C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C8E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C8E	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.053 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9af',
    500: '#c59c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c8e;
$custom-light: #d7b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.273,
    "s": 32.164,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.05317,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C8E

secondary

#CEDCE0

accent

#8EAB3B

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C8E

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