#C59D32#C59D32

#C59D32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D32
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 4.22, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 58.50, 85.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0059 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.129 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6608, 36.2169, 8.1293)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D32 #325AC5

analogous

#C55332 #C59D32 #A3C532

triadic

#C59D32 #32C59D #9D32C5

tetradic

#C59D32 #32C553 #325AC5 #C532A3

square

#C59D32 #32C553 #325AC5 #C532A3

split-complementary

#C59D32 #32A3C5 #5332C5

monochromatic

#634F19 #947626 #C59D32 #D6B55E #E3CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C59D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#C59D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D32

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D32	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)

#B09C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb971',
    500: '#c59d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d32;
$custom-light: #dbb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D32

secondary

#8699CD

accent

#70E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D32

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

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